0 past simple and past participle of overestimate --
1 to think that something is or will be greater, more extreme, or more important than it really is: --
I overestimated and there was a lot of food left over after the party.
They were forced to the conclusion that they had overestimated him/his abilities.
The benefits of nuclear technology, she said, had been grossly overestimated.
The acquisitional value of recasts in comparison to other forms of corrective feedback might have been overestimated.
Therefore, the inferred number of mutational events will be overestimated.
Alternatively or as well, this may be an indication that the number of effective samples has been overestimated.
Thus, the relevance of non-related cross-reactive antibodies to these antigens is probably overestimated and does not merit clinical significance.
When the grating was rotated ten degrees clockwise or counterclockwise from sagittal, participants' perceptions of the bar's orientation were overestimated in the opposite direction.
Therefore, low survivorship (when overestimated) will not have the dramatic effect it would seem to on its original scale.
For this reason, obtained peak temperatures may be overestimated.
It is also apparent from this figure that the model overestimated at high disparities and underestimated at low disparities.