overestimate
Example Sentences
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Filosa said at the time of the announcement that the write-downs “largely reflect the cost of overestimating the pace of the energy transition that distanced us from many car buyers’ real-world needs, means and desires.”
It's tremendous knockabout stuff, but it rather overestimates the scale of the challenge Scotland have faced when playing against England in the Townsend era.
From BBC
Traditionally, host nations benefit from sports events, although impacts are often overestimated.
From Salon
Others say the study could have overestimated the performance of the test because not all women had a biopsy - a more detailed test - to double check the result.
From BBC
Unfortunately, investors overestimate their chances of picking those winners.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
