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Overambitious meaning

Excessively ambitious.

Synonyms of Overambitious

ambitious

Related words

Other words often associated with Overambitious or its synonyms:

compulsive challenging aspirant driven wishful unambitious pushy determined aspiring enterprising pushing manque

Using Overambitious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Excessively ambitious.
  • Useful related words include: ambitious.
  • In the example corpus, overambitious often appears in combinations such as: an overambitious, as overambitious.

Context around Overambitious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

fire 1× high 1× pull 1× lunge 1×

Sentence patterns with Overambitious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as an overambitious high school 1× for an overambitious lunge that 1× jealous and overambitious 1× lights an overambitious fire underneath 1× play as overambitious an attempt 1× played an overambitious pull shot 1× senna was overambitious in his 1× years as overambitious with too 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

behind hamilton his 1× chases shootouts and 1× daniels sees the 1× ellen page plays 1× pollard 2007 p 1× the mumbai skipper 1×

Common sentence endings:

at mid on 1× for smart growth 1× from one lemon 1× i am today 1× jealous and overambitious 1× snarky one liners 1×

Words around Overambitious

Just before it in the word index:

overally 3 overalls 62 overallotment 2 overallocated 3 overall 11.258 overaggressive 2

Just after it in the word index:

overanalyze 7 overarching 273 overarm 6 overawed 13 overbalance 2 overbay 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Overambitious

  • In this selection, "overambitious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fire, high and pull stand out and add context to how "overambitious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as an overambitious high school and for an overambitious lunge that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overambitious" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overambitious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But it also lights an overambitious fire underneath me, which brings me full circle to where I am today. (19 words)

Ellen Page plays the bizarro version of Juno as an overambitious high-school Republican who still manages to slice flesh with snarky one liners. (24 words)

Pollard (2007), p. 66. The nineteen-year-old George had shown himself to share many of the abilities of his older brother, but was also jealous and overambitious. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

Behind Hamilton his championship rival, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, for some time in control of the race, saw his hopes disappear after a late safety car when he sacrificed calm consideration for an overambitious lunge that reduced him to fourth place. (41 words)

There has been much debate as to whether Senna was overambitious in his overtaking manoeuver, whether Prost intentionally ran into Senna, or whether the collision was simply a racing incident between two team-mates who were embittered with each other. (40 words)

Daniels sees the city's economic development campaign in recent years as "overambitious" with too much emphasis on quick growth — by contrast, the salmon farm opposition group she started is named Local Citizens for Smart Growth. (36 words)

Example sentences (8)

But it also lights an overambitious fire underneath me, which brings me full circle to where I am today.

Ellen Page plays the bizarro version of Juno as an overambitious high-school Republican who still manages to slice flesh with snarky one liners.

The Mumbai skipper played an overambitious pull shot on a delivery that bounced a bit more and popped up in the air only to be caught by Nabi at mid-on.

Behind Hamilton his championship rival, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, for some time in control of the race, saw his hopes disappear after a late safety car when he sacrificed calm consideration for an overambitious lunge that reduced him to fourth place.

Chases, shootouts and showy camera moves are executed deftly enough, but given the frugal trappings, they play as overambitious — an attempt to make a storage tank of lemonade from one lemon.

Daniels sees the city's economic development campaign in recent years as "overambitious" with too much emphasis on quick growth — by contrast, the salmon farm opposition group she started is named Local Citizens for Smart Growth.

Pollard (2007), p. 66. The nineteen-year-old George had shown himself to share many of the abilities of his older brother, but was also jealous and overambitious.

There has been much debate as to whether Senna was overambitious in his overtaking manoeuver, whether Prost intentionally ran into Senna, or whether the collision was simply a racing incident between two team-mates who were embittered with each other.

Common combinations with overambitious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • an overambitious 4×
  • as overambitious 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overambitious" in a sentence?
An example: "But it also lights an overambitious fire underneath me, which brings me full circle to where I am today." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "overambitious" from authentic English texts.
What does "overambitious" mean?
Overambitious means: Excessively ambitious.
What are synonyms of "overambitious"?
Common synonyms of "overambitious" include: ambitious.
How many example sentences with "overambitious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "overambitious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.