misconfident

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ confident.

Adjective

misconfident (comparative more misconfident, superlative most misconfident)

  1. Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting.
    • 1640, Bishop Hall, Christian Moderation:
      Such men, instead of convincing, yield; and make themselves miserable, and their opposites foolishly proud and misconfident.
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