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overestimate
verb as in embroider
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verb as in exaggerate
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verb as in inflate
verb as in magnify
verb as in miscalculate
verb as in misestimate
verb as in misjudge
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verb as in misreckon
verb as in mistake
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verb as in overdo
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verb as in overrate
Example Sentences
A paper by my colleague Julian Rucker finds that people vastly overestimate how much progress society has made toward racial economic equality.
Opponents of the project have argued the state’s analysis is flawed and underestimates the costs while overestimating the benefits.
"This is another sign that the chancellor overestimated the market's desire to absorb more sovereign debt issuance from the UK," she said.
The groups said that “creates an overestimate of the water available for export” and will result in uncertainty and potentially more litigation.
Team officials knew he could point to how he became the shortstop in the first place because they overestimated Gavin Lux’s ability to play the position.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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