overestimate
See also: over-estimate
English
Verb
overestimate (third-person singular simple present overestimates, present participle overestimating, simple past and past participle overestimated)
Antonyms
- (to judge too highly): underestimate
Translations
to judge too highly
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Noun
overestimate (plural overestimates)
- An estimate that is too high.
- 2013, Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies
- The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent.
- 2013, Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies
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