overestimate
IPA: oʊvɝˈɛstʌmeɪt
noun
- An estimate that is too high.
verb
- To judge or calculate too highly.
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Examples of "overestimate" in Sentences
- Horner: RBR rivals 'overestimate' benefits of blown rear-end
- The one million ban that Microsoft pulled on its Xbox Live players with modded console units now have been flagged as a mere "overestimate".
- Part of the overestimate was a failure to anticipate a large number of motorists who renewed plates and driver licenses early to beat the fee increases.
- I don't think saying that the leader of the National Association of Evangelicals, who also was the pastor of a 14,000-member megachurch, and one of TIME's 25 most influential evangelicals has influence one the vote of CC's is an "overestimate".
- Therefore, I would suggest that the title of the Cornell news release "Global warming predictions are overestimated, suggests study on black carbon", while technically correct, is rather misleading in that a casual reading would infer an "overestimate" rather larger than the couple percent implied by the study.
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