overestimate
to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
to hold in too great esteem or to expect too much from: Don't overestimate him—he's no smarter than you are.
an estimate that is too high.
Origin of overestimate
1Other words from overestimate
- o·ver·es·ti·ma·tion, noun
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How to use overestimate in a sentence
Among our most characteristic mistakes: we hugely over-estimate our own competence.
It is difficult to over-estimate the harm that has been done to public policy by this same Malthusian theory.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIt is quite impossible to over-estimate the popularity of the toreros with the Spanish people.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetShe did not over-estimate Philip's sufferings from suspense and anxiety.
The Heir of Redclyffe | Charlotte M. YongeIt is impossible to over-estimate the combined tact and zeal displayed by Hodgson in this most delicate and difficult matter.
Byron | Richard Edgcumbe
It is probably impossible to over-estimate the salutary influence which these works have exercised.
Ephemera Critica | John Churton Collins
British Dictionary definitions for overestimate
(tr) to value or estimate too highly
an estimate that is too high
Derived forms of overestimate
- overestimation, noun
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