overestimate
verb (used with object), o·ver·es·ti·mat·ed, o·ver·es·ti·mat·ing.
noun
Origin of overestimate
Related Words for overestimate
widen, magnify, augment, bloat, escalate, exaggerate, enlarge, pad, boost, expand, overestimate, maximize, enhance, inflate, aggravate, overstate, overrate, misread, misinterpret, errExamples from the Web for overestimate
Contemporary Examples of overestimate
People also have a tendency to overestimate how moral they have been.
Say that survey findings are a 1% overestimate of the true incidence.
Both men and women overestimate inflation, but women tend to overestimate it much more.
On the whole they were pessimistic, and tended to overestimate how high taxes were.
It's hard to overestimate Olbermann's importance to MSNBC since his second stint with the network began in 2003.
Historical Examples of overestimate
Be it considered, also, that men often overestimate their capacity for evil.
Fancy's Show-Box (From "Twice Told Tales")Nathaniel Hawthorne
It would be difficult, however, to overestimate its indirect consequences.
Leading Articles on Various SubjectsHugh Miller
The French did not overestimate the magnitude of the victory they had won.
It is impossible to overestimate the durability of homespun materials.
Home Life in Colonial DaysAlice Morse Earle
It would be difficult to overestimate the effect of these Letters abroad.