overexpect

verb

overexpect

verb

Etymology From over- + expect.

1

To expect too much.

  • If you overexpect from a tool, you are likely to forget the part that you have to play to make it work.2006, Doc Childre, Deborah Rozman, Transforming Anxiety, page 146:

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