overestimate
verb (used with object)
to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like.
was overestimating
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past progressiveof overestimate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When Howard Schultz bought the Seattle SuperSonics in 2001, his friends told the Starbucks chief he was overestimating what he could do to save the struggling basketball franchise.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2019
The approval process for new movies was broken, and management was overestimating how risky movies would perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2018
As time ticked along, researchers realized that the tracker was overestimating flu cases most of the time, and in one case, overestimated it by more than 50 percent.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2017
After that, however, several companies pressed the social media company for more info, and FB said it likely was overestimating "average duration of video viewed" by "between 60 and 80 percent," the WSJ reported.
From US News ● Sep. 26, 2016
I hoped sincerely that I was overestimating my possible perils, but it was wise to give a large margin to the unknown; and so I did not curb-myself in the least.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever
