noun
- plural of overoptimist; people who are excessively or unrealistically optimistic about future outcomes
Usage: informal; typically used in a critical or cautionary context
Examples
- The overoptimists believed the startup would succeed despite having no clear business model.
- Financial overoptimists often underestimate the risks of market downturns.
- Critics called the project's backers overoptimists for ignoring the engineering challenges.
- The overoptimists predicted the economy would recover within months, but recovery took years.
- Some overoptimists thought the new technology would solve all environmental problems overnight.