overestimate
Example Sentences
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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.
At the time, he estimated that federal employment data could be overestimating the number of jobs created by as much as 60,000 positions each month.
From Barron's
That mutual awareness may provide some reassurance, but it could also create dangerous misperceptions, with each side potentially overestimating its leverage or misreading the opponent's intentions.
From BBC
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