overestimate
verb (used with object)
to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like.
are overestimating
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present progressiveof overestimate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"You believe that other people are overestimating your abilities and intelligence, and you fear that one day you'll be exposed as incompetent and undeserving of your success."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
Mountain rescuers have said young men are "overestimating" their experience after receiving multiple call-outs to Eryri National Park.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
“If federal agencies are overestimating true mileage, that results in overestimating the emissions savings,” Helveston said.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 7, 2023
"If anything, analysts and economists are overestimating the downside risk for a recession and our overestimating how quickly liquidity can be drained from the system."
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2023
We’ll find out soon enough if the Mariners are overestimating their virtues in 2023, or if Hernandez’s warning to his now ex-teammates was a premonition.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
