overestimate
Example Sentences
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Brooks’ all-encompassing theme is that we tend to overestimate what new technologies can do and underestimate how long it takes for any new technology to scale up to usefulness.
From Los Angeles Times
"You believe that other people are overestimating your abilities and intelligence, and you fear that one day you'll be exposed as incompetent and undeserving of your success."
From Science Daily
That’s harmless if you’re a knitting hobbyist who might overestimate how many fellow citizens know the difference between a knit and a purl stitch.
"We compared different Earth System models with current nitrogen fixation values and found that they overestimate the nitrogen fixation rate on natural surfaces by about 50 percent," Weber explains.
From Science Daily
Mountain rescuers have said young men are "overestimating" their experience after receiving multiple call-outs to Eryri National Park.
From BBC
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