This is not so much overoptimism as the lie direct.

But it still feels as if we need to be on guard against medical overoptimism.

The reaction against the overoptimism found in past children's fiction still has some way to go.

He cautioned, however, against overoptimism and said that "one has got to wait" for an initial move from Washington.

At the same time, she warned against "overoptimism" with respect to a lifting of the sanctions.

The recent downturn has not yet weaned the financial markets from such overoptimism.

The trouble, of course, is that sentiment can swing from too much pessimism to overoptimism.

The problem with overoptimism was illustrated by the investment-bank collapses of 2008.

I urged the PM to be cautious about overoptimism in giving out the news.

They are most likely caused by scientists' overoptimism and their penchant for exaggerating the benefits.

Equally, surveys indicating that prices are rising can produce risky overoptimism.

Right now Labor has to beware of overoptimism.

But having been burned by previous false starts in the recovery, a number of economists cautioned against overoptimism.

"These disappointments are the result of overoptimism about how many companies would be able to get through the slowdown with their earnings intact," she said.

Recklessness, greed, and overoptimism played a part in the early-20th-century financial crisis on the Canadian wheat frontier.

The government cautions Japanese producers, however, against overoptimism regarding biotechnology and bioindustry.

Ms. Goodman said there were signs of overoptimism at Aetna earlier this year.

Like Anglo last week, Xstrata warned against overoptimism regarding a return to global growth.

In equities, the widespread sell-off may have been a reaction to the overoptimism that prevailed earlier this year.

Due to poor planning and overoptimism on the part of large financial investors, major deficiencies in the early planning stages were overlooked.

Why should they believe growth forecasts that are so out of line with international expectations, from a Government that has made expedient overoptimism its speciality?

He also warned against overoptimism.

One reason is overoptimism.

Greed, speculation, overoptimism - this is how Mr. Perez describes his mistakes today.

There can be overoptimism on the rents that can be obtained and unanticipated problems with basic housing systems.

But over-optimism by the Bank means it risks doing too little.

I have the impression also that the report suffers from over-optimism.

Last week it was obliged to admit, yet again, to over-optimism.

Financial decisions that do not account for these factors can create over-optimism around expected future returns and spending power.

Early over-optimism has led to scepticism among many here about the likely success of vaccine initiatives.

Critics blame the government for spending too much due to over-optimism on the strength of that growth.

One case of over-optimism will ultimately be forgotten and, or, forgiven.

Research into human cognition has traced this over-optimism to many sources.

However, we do need to be cautious about over-optimism.

Moroccan officials have cautioned against over-optimism ahead of the talks.

They add that a culture of over-optimism continues at the ministry when it comes to costing projects.

Something endemic in international capital markets seems to be prone to over-optimism.

We all have a tendency towards over-optimism when assessing how far and fast we'll travel.

Even so, some analysts cautioned against over-optimism that global trade may be beginning to revive.

But the Pentagon's calculated over-optimism came at a price.

The concern outside France is that over-optimism about the economy may ease the pressure to improve competitiveness.

I am sure it is going to be a battle, but we have to guard against over-optimism, which has occasionally killed a sale."

All this has coincided perhaps with some inevitable over-optimism.

Well, she was wrong. But then again, pioneers and revolutionaries always tend towards over-optimism.

Over-optimism is responsible for this phenomenon only if inexperienced forecasters were involved.

Yet over-optimism is not the Scottish Government's worst offence in this particular example.

If anything, one might conclude that wild over-optimism has been replaced by excessive pessimism.

Then, when circumstances beyond our control prevent the targets from being met, all that would be recalled is our over-optimism.

Play was even for 41 deals of a scheduled 64, but a turning point came when over-optimism by Schifko led to a disaster.

But at least long enough until we're back to safety and can join the action," Marshall warned, guarding against over-optimism. "