At a meeting last week she urged them to return money advanced by central government in previous years on the basis of growth estimates that turned out to be overly optimistic.
I was perhaps overly optimistic about juggling both my full-time study and part-time job.
A week latter, Vogel reported, "A mix of overly optimistic sellers and price-conscious buyers made for a bumpy evening at Sotheby's sale of contemporary art on Tuesday night."
Based on overly optimistic expectations about export earnings and interest rates, these nations borrowed excessively to finance growth.
Being overly optimistic will raise eyebrows with your investors or banker.
The firms were accused of issuing overly optimistic research in a bid to win more lucrative investment-banking business.
We must not be overly optimistic about the growth outlook.
The timetable is overly optimistic.