1. to assert or state something with too much force, confidence, or emphasis; to claim or maintain something too strongly or without sufficient evidence
Usage: transitive verb; often implies excessive or unjustified confidence

Examples

• He tends to overassert his authority in meetings, which makes colleagues uncomfortable.
• The lawyer was careful not to overassert claims that lacked solid evidence.
• She overasserted her expertise on a topic she had only recently studied.
• The report overasserts the connection between the two variables without sufficient data.
• Don't overassert your position; let the facts speak for themselves.
• He overasserted that the project would definitely succeed, ignoring potential risks.