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overestimated

ADJECTIVE
exaggerated
Synonyms
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abstract distorted excessive extravagant fabricated false farfetched hyperbolic inflated magnified melodramatic overblown overwrought preposterous pretentious stylized unrealistic
STRONG
amplified bouncing embroidered exalted overdone steep strained
WEAK
a bit thick artificial caricatural fabulous fantastic hammy highly colored histrionic histrionical impossible out of proportion overkill schmaltzy sensational spectacular tall too much too-too
Antonyms
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actual believable calm factual moderate real realistic reasonable sensible straight
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depreciated minimized played down reduced understated unembellished unexaggerated
ADJECTIVE
inflated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bloated magnified overblown swollen
STRONG
aggrandized amplified augmented diffuse dilated distended enlarged extended filled grown puffed ranting spread stretched surcharged
WEAK
aureate bombastic dropsical euphuistic flatulent flowery fustian grandiloquent hot-air magniloquent ostentatious pompous pretentious prolix pumped-up rhapsodical rhetorical showy tumescent tumid turgid verbose windy wordy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
shrunken
STRONG
abbreviated abridged compressed contracted reduced
WEAK
deflated
ADJECTIVE
overrated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exaggerated overpriced
STRONG
overpaid
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hyped-up overpromoted puffed-up pumped-up

Example Sentences

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Since then, forecasts based on snowpack have consistently overestimated how much water actually reaches the river.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

He vastly overestimated the power of the Pakistani diaspora in U.S. politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It’s yet another indication that the allure of AI-created content for paying customers has been vastly overestimated.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Traditionally, host nations benefit from sports events, although impacts are often overestimated.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

They overestimated its size by a factor of six and gave it frightening claws, which in fact came from a Megalonyx, or giant ground sloth, found nearby.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson