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The phrase "this seems over-optimistic" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing doubt or skepticism about a situation or expectation that appears excessively positive or hopeful. Example: "While I appreciate the enthusiasm, this seems over-optimistic given the current market conditions."
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The government claimed this week that its "backbone" had been broken, but this seems over-optimistic.
This seems over-optimistic.
A group called the Coalition of Revolutionary Youth, formed by Tahrir Square demonstrators, has a market-oriented economic policy to which all the main parties including the youth wing of the Muslim Brotherhood has signed up.Yet this seems over-optimistic.
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While they conclude, optimistically, that policy-makers should feel secure that steps toward universal coverage are an important strategy for population health, especially among poor people, this seems over optimistic: it is clear that there is a scarce evidence base to support causal claims (12).
This idea of casually strolling up ramps and stairs seems over-optimistic, as it's easier just to walk round the outside of the building at ground level.
"Since they are now part and parcel of the government they will disarm voluntarily as soon as we relocate the government".This seems over-optimistic.
Only the conclusion seems over-optimistic: they predict that, as heroin moves upmarket, it will be legalised relatively soon.
To him, the claim that IPTV will capture 30% of television subscribers within five years of deployment seems over-optimistic: 10-15% is more like it, he says.
But his claims that the worst was over seemed over-optimistic.
Hopes that a new regime under Joko Widodo, the president-elect, may end the tradition of impunity seem over-optimistic.
It may seem over-optimistic to expect the international community to take such steps after its manifest lack of interest in becoming involved in Kyrgyzstan – even while the pogroms were unfolding during June.
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