overambitious
adjective
over·am·bi·tious
ˌō-vər-am-ˈbi-shəs
: excessively ambitious
The reforms of the Great Society succeeded in markedly reducing poverty, although they fell short of President Lyndon B. Johnson's overambitious goals.—Dennis H. Wrong
Dr. Godfrey, who has seen more than his share of the fallout from overambitious exercise programs, advises against jumping and pounding exercises for people over 50 …—Jane E. Brody
… NASA's original plans for the shuttle were overambitious: the commitment to provide routine and economical access to space locked the agency into a schedule too tight to be met with the available resources.—Scientific American
overambitiously
adverb
planned overambitiously for the future
I overambitiously tried the traditional full Irish breakfast …
—Laura Reiley
overambitiousness
noun
My hopes for another gardening season have once again been dashed by my overambitiousness and basically lazy nature.
—Michelle Kennedy
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