0 present participle of overstate --
1 to describe or explain something in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is: --
The shareholders seem to think that the executive board is overstating the case for a merger.
The impact of the new legislation has been greatly overstated.
These data suffer from the widely recognized phenomenon of overstating actual turnout.
Unfortunately, overstating of the case is apparent here too.
Interestingly, these variations virtually prevent us from overstating the policy effects in the north and understating them in the south.
We tried hard to avoid the traps of taking ourselves to be representative of, or overstating the homogeneity of, either discipline.
This is overstating the case for hospices in a way which could be counterproductive.
As a result, economists who use the 'old' hedonic price function to value the improvement may be overstating long-run benefits associated with the uniform improvements.
By overstating the total costs of projects, these seemingly modest requests could defray a substantial portion of actual costs.
He suspected that the lawman was overstating his influence with the mayor, but thought it rude not to go along.
