often wrong, never in doubt
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English
35
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having overconfidence in one's opinions that is impervious to failure.
Example Sentences
- "As stated before, Larry says High D personalities are “often wrong, never in doubt.”"
- "We have an expression in our day: “often wrong; never in doubt.” In this case they were always wrong."
- "“Often wrong, never in doubt” was long the motto of editorial writers, but it can be applied to the journalism racket generally."
- "Following the unwavering credo of, “Often wrong, never in doubt”, The Wrath of Woody says: Virginia 34, Virginia Tech 31."