The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overstating.]
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.
--Fuller.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of overstate English)
Usage examples of "overstating".
She may be overstating the case, but book clubs, for example, are finding it increasingly more difficult to choose monthly selections that appeal to large numbers of divergent readers.
Rowan had a way of overstating things like that, but his loudly voiced pride in Colin did cause others in the King's retinue to treat the minstrel with respect, to his face at least.
I don’t think I’m overstating it to say that these talks will be the most significant this century, possibly this millennia.
If random means a literal absence of pattern, he is, of course, overstating the case.
Novak was overstating the case a bit, in Skyler's opinion, but not by much.
To Marcus he said, 'Your father is not the type of man who is given to overstating anything, but I can scarcely believe what he said last.
It had taken several conversations to convince them that he was not overstating the danger of belonging to his family and working on behalf of those on Sorcerer's Isle.