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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
As digital marketing executive Scott Fenstermaker, who runs a blog on the topic, put it, “We tend to overestimate our own free will and resistance to influence.”
The groups said that “creates an overestimate of the water available for export” and will result in uncertainty and potentially more litigation.
The overall fatality rate across H5N1 outbreaks is estimated to be above 50%, but that may be an overestimate due to many milder infections being missed.
We overestimate how likely it is that if we trust someone they will betray us and we underestimate the likelihood that things will go well.
She probably thought I was doing great and that she was, too, since research shows that therapists overestimate their skills and their patient’s progress.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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