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An appraisal that is too high
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overestimate
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an appraisal that is too high [syn: overestimation , overvaluation , overappraisal ] a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high [syn: overestimation , overrating , overreckoning ] v. make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overestimate \O`ver*es"ti*mate\, n. An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ A Harvard University survey found that Americans significantly overestimate the cost of higher education. ▪ I made enough food for forty people but it looks like I overestimated. ▪ Never overestimate your ability or ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. to judge too highly
Usage examples of overestimate.
As tears ran through the blood on his face and trailed down his chin, Aspar realized that even fifteen had been an overestimate.
Considering the colossal weight of geopolitics and geopolitical thought in present Russian security thinking, these implications cannot be overestimated.
I fear to disappoint you, my lord, but you have overestimated the power of your charm.
Malazan soldiers are sufficient to take Coral and destroy the Pannion Domin, then we have seriously overestimated our enemy.
It is vital not to overestimate the separation of functions on either side of the corpus callosum in a normal human being.
Was he overestimating the effectiveness of the Juno and Ramage batteries against French ships trying to pass?
These battleship officers, like most people, were callowly inclined to admire and overestimate the Nazi war machine.
No ordinary touchdown that, I knew, not even for a belly landing: the pilot must have overestimated his height and set his ship down with force enough to crumple the fuselage, to wreck the plane on the spot.
He also taught me that the pace of revolutionary change is usually overestimated in the short run and the magnitude of such change is usually underestimated in the long run.
McClellan, as we well know, is always overcautious and overestimates our numbers, but public opinion in the North will force him to action.
Attention was called again and again to his great overestimates of Lee's army and to the paralysis that seemed to overcome him when he was in the presence of the enemy.
The efficiency of the new nuclear chemical power plant had not been overestimated.
Yes, Tempus had the right idea, but because he is Tempus Thales, and a fool, he overestimates the importance of his Stepsons and commandoes.