0 to guess an amount that is too high or a size that is too big: --
They were forced to the conclusion that they had overestimated him.
The benefits of nuclear technology, she said, had been grossly overestimated.
We cannot overestimate the importance of this work.
According to the survey, agents frequently overestimate the size of rooms.
I overestimated and there was a lot of food left over after the party.
2 to think that something is or will be greater, more extreme, or more important than it really is: --
3 to think that something is or will be greater or more important than it really is: --
4 to think that someone is better at doing something, more intelligent, etc. than they really are: --
5 an opinion that something is larger or more important than it really is: --
Experts put the figure at $6 million, though this may be an overestimate.
It is demonstrated that the assumption of rigid contact tends to overestimate the stability.
Such practices should be discouraged as they will overestimate the role of certain foods in disease.
Similarly, it might be suggested that when a major scandal surfaces shortly before the time of the survey, respondents may overestimate corruption.
Summing overestimates and averaging underestimates the number of different words produced.
Perhaps that's hugely overestimating the influence that the media has on youth, or, at least, overstating the longevity of any influence it may hold.
This implies that by using fertiliser prices and instant adjustment, our model overestimates output over the first few years.
For individuals aged over 55 years, the extent to which clustering overestimated recent transmission increased with the size of the time period used.
We chose this definition so as not to overestimate the specificity of the laboratory tests.
