overstate
verb (used with object)
to state too strongly; exaggerate.
have overstated
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present perfectof overstate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The company completed the restatement of past financial reports that were found to have overstated revenue and labeled as “unreliable” earlier this year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
They may have overstated the reach of those cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
There have been whispers here that the US ambassador may have overstated his case, but while he later sought to "correct any misimpressions", he pointedly failed to apologise or to withdraw his claims.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2023
In some cases, ads or agents have overstated the benefits that enrollees would get and the money they would save in the new plans.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
And it came on me as I poked the books within the barrel and saw what silly books were there, that perhaps I have overstated my position.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
