> "Overconfident" just means "un-tested and un-proven". That's not what it means. It means excessive, over the top, confidence. You're focusing on the object o

> "Overconfident" just means "un-tested and un-proven". That's not what it means. It means excessive, over the top, confidence. You're focusing on the object of confidence, instead of the attitude. It's the bad attitude that's the real problem. > Realise that the source of your problem is your own hubris. Bullshit. You're completely missing the issue OP is having: "It infuriates me when these individuals subtly bring down others". Toxic people are toxic irrelevant of the OP's hubris.