overstate

IPA: ˈoʊvɝsteɪt

verb

  • To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
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Examples of "overstate" in Sentences

  • It is hard to overstate the importance of the finds from Tillya Tepe.
  • PODESTA: Well, I think you could kind of overstate that, to some extent.
  • Mr. Meyer notes that the measures also tend to overstate inflation and overcount the elderly.
  • "I don't want to overstate any of this, it's a step in the right direction," the official said.
  • That, Jason, I wouldn't, I wouldn't want to kind of overstate that there was a ton of buying in Q4 previously.
  • The historic influence of American animation is impossible to overstate, which is why its decline has been so hard to swallow.
  • While religious divisions exist, including some latent interreligious tensions, we should not overstate the capacity of religion to cause tension or division.
  • Even China Mobile's meager 3G subscriptions—the 2010 data show they rose to 20.7 million from 8.4 million at the end of 2009—overstate the benefit to the company.

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