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Meaning of "overambitious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERAMBITIOUS

overambitious  [ˌəʊvəræmˈbɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERAMBITIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overambitious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERAMBITIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overambitious in the English dictionary

The definition of overambitious in the dictionary is excessively ambitious.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERAMBITIOUS


ambitious
æmˈbɪʃəs
audacious
ɔːˈdeɪʃəs
auspicious
ɔːˈspɪʃəs
bootylicious
ˌbuːtɪˈlɪʃəs
curvaceous
kɜːˈveɪʃəs
delicious
dɪˈlɪʃəs
fictitious
fɪkˈtɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
malicious
məˈlɪʃəs
Mauritius
məˈrɪʃəs
nutritious
njuːˈtrɪʃəs
ostentatious
ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəs
spacious
ˈspeɪʃəs
superambitious
ˌsuːpəræmˈbɪʃəs
superstitious
ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃəs
suspicious
səˈspɪʃəs
tenacious
tɪˈneɪʃəs
unambitious
ˌʌnæmˈbɪʃəs
vicious
ˈvɪʃəs
voracious
vɒˈreɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERAMBITIOUS

overaction
overactive
overactivity
overadjustment
overage
overaggressive
overall
overall majority
overalled
overalls
overamplified
overanalyse
overanalysis
overanalytical
overanalyze
overanxiety
overanxious
overapt
overarch
overarching

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERAMBITIOUS

adventitious
captious
cautious
conscientious
contentious
expeditious
facetious
factitious
flirtatious
infectious
licentious
pretentious
previous
rambunctious
repetitious
scrumptious
surreptitious
tendentious
tortious
unpretentious
vexatious

Synonyms and antonyms of overambitious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overambitious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERAMBITIOUS

Find out the translation of overambitious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overambitious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overambitious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过于雄心勃勃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

demasiado ambicioso
570 millions of speakers

English

overambitious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overambitious
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

طموحة أكثر من اللازم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

завышенным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

demasiado ambiciosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overambitious
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trop ambitieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berlebihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zu ehrgeizig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

野心の強過ぎる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overambitious
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overambitious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overambitious
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overambitious
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयानक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overambitious
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overambitious
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbyt ambitny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

завищеними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prea ambițios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερβολικά φιλόδοξος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ambitieus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overambitious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overambitious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overambitious

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERAMBITIOUS»

The term «overambitious» is normally little used and occupies the 125.193 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERAMBITIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overambitious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERAMBITIOUS»

Discover the use of overambitious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overambitious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
EPSA Epistemology and Methodology of Science: Launch of the ...
... all social rules in JCs seems unwarranted and overambitious. In her analysis of social rules, Gilbert takes the existence of JCs and the underlying obligations as bedrock. However, further analysis suggests that JCs do not merely ground but ...
Mauricio Suárez, Mauro Dorato, Miklós Rédei, 2010
2
China's Naval Power: An Offensive Realist Approach
If overambitious policies mechanically lead to “selfencirclement” (Snyder 1991: 6) ,states have generally little to fear from overambitious oroverpowerful actors. As coinedby Stephen Walt (1987, 49): If balancingisthe norm... then hegemonyover  ...
Dr Yves-Heng Lim, 2014
3
Teaching Through Projects
I made a very concerted efi'ort to be as flexible as possible about changes in plans and the inevitable cut-back in the scope of originally overambitious projects . (Fail, 1991) Paradoxically, although frightened by the scope of the enterprise, the ...
Henry, Jane, 2012
4
Getting Results: The Six Disciplines of Performance-Based ...
Checklist of Software Risks ❏ Overambitious schedule ❏ Overambitious performance ❏ Underambitious budget ❏ Overambitious/unrealistic expectations ❏ Undefined/misunderstood contract obligations ❏ Unfamiliar/untried/new technology or ...
Ann Costello, Gregory A. Garrett, 2008
5
ConUNdrum: The Limits of the United Nations and the Search ...
Specifically, WHO and its member states need to correct the organization's: • Ambiguous mandate and overambitious rhetoric • Duplication of other agencies' efforts • Susceptibility to political influence • Failure to focus on results • Tendency to ...
Brett D. Schaefer, 2009
6
The Euro: Its Origins, Development and Prospects
The move to a single currency, complete monetary union and one central bank was ultimately realized, so it's difficult to say now that it was overambitious. It may have appeared at that moment in time for many that it was overambitious, but ...
Chris Mulhearn, 2008
7
Netlinguistics: An Analytical Framework to Study Language, ...
For instance, Hammersley (1997) criticises CDA and qualifies it as 'open to serious question,' 'naive' and 'overambitious.' I agree in that CDA may be overambitious in its final objectives (i.e. influencing social change), but I disagree in that this ...
Santiago Posteguillo, 2003
8
Corporate Governance: How to Add Value
... inefficiencies of the board HIH 2001 Australia Stock market manipulation OneTel 2001 Australia Overstretching of budget for overambitious acquisitions Allied Irish Bank 2002 Ireland Loss of $691m in unauthorized trading (AIB) Worldcom ...
Ulrich Steger, Wolfgang Amann, 2008
9
Software Systems Architecture: Working with Stakeholders ...
Overambitious. Availability. Requirements. Availability schedules are, of course, driven by the needs of the business. However, like performance requirements, they usually require a tradeoff between necessity and cost. Increasing the length of ...
Nick Rozanski, Eóin Woods, 2011
10
The Executive's Guide to Information Technology
Overambitious. Goals. Ambitious, large-scale projects suffer naturally from several of the woes outlined here. The length of time, functional and technical complexity, labor complexities, and tough-to-quantify benefits of large projects make them ...
John Baschab, Jon Piot, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERAMBITIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overambitious is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'True Detective' 2×05: 'Other Lives'
... well-developed, multi-layered, gritty main characters to four one-dimensional, lackluster stereotypes was an overambitious disappointment. «Daily Californian, Jul 15»
2
Carbon neutral, story negligible
Ira Dubey interprets her character as a woman who is neurotic, overambitious and can't speak in English (a laboured effort). To suggest that ... «Ahmedabad Mirror, Jul 15»
3
Can Anyone Fix the Defense Budget?
... of huge cost increases, overambitious technical aspirations, inter-service rivalry, and pressures to push the programs beyond their readiness. «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
4
MASAAN: Varanasi finally getting its due
Varanasi is the melting pot of overambitious class based aspirations and crass gender inequalities and Neeraj Ghaywan, who assisted Anurag ... «glamsham.com, Jul 15»
5
MASAAN shows Varanasi like never before
Varanasi is the melting pot of overambitious class based aspirations and crass gender inequalities and Neeraj Ghaywan, who assisted Anurag ... «Bollywoodtrade, Jul 15»
6
2015 Arizona Cardinals training camp preview
He will, obviously, be off-limits, but that doesn't prevent an overambitious defender from running into him accidentally. But Palmer has shown ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
7
Mets' Jacob deGrom talks baseball and hair at Coleman Country …
Because among the last things the Mets need is a hand injury to their All-Star pitcher from overambitious children. But some probably had ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
8
Aisa Yeh Jahaan
Rajib has on his platter the pressing needs of his overambitious wife, whose materialistic demands are difficult for him to fulfill. Official Trailer: ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
9
PM's Asia Trip To Promote FinTech And Regions
... target of doubling exports to £1trn by 2020 by some distance, with one person close to UKTI describing it as "overambitious in the extreme". «Yahoo Finance UK, Jul 15»
10
J&J plans to reopen site in PA, relaunch OTC portfolio
The company has previously been overambitious in its recovery schedule. A spokesperson told in-Pharmatechnologist.com in 2013 the plant ... «In-PharmaTechnologist.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Overambitious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overambitious>. Apr 2024 ».
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