presumptious

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The second essay is "The Pretense of Knowledge," his shocking Nobel speech that explained why the very idea of government in our times is unintellectual, presumptious, and untenable.

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  • Impudent, impertinent, presumptious: US (—1899), anglicized in 1915 by PG Wodehouse, OED (Sup.).
  • That was presumptious in the extreme and it's equally presumptious for Obama's officials to make the same assumptions. —  Spectator Live
  • Di Santo replaced him, which is a peculiarly presumptious substitution at 2-0. —  Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
  • It is, of course, rather presumptious to give advise from far away, but the workers are definitely right in continuing their occupation until such time as the further activity of the manufacturing plant is guaranteed. —  Progressive Bloggers
  • We need another 8 pionts to be sure of 6th spot, and we cant be presumptious and assume we'll beat Saints and QPR.
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