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overestimateverb /əʊvərˈɛstɪmeɪt / [with object]Form too high or favourable an estimate of: his influence cannot be overestimated...- However, that may be overestimating her importance.
- Both terms represent a concentration of historical experience whose importance cannot be overestimated.
- Yes, it's true the police overestimated the ability of republicans to quell the zeal of young rioters.
noun /əʊvərˈɛstɪmət /An excessively high estimate: the figure of 30 per cent was an overestimate...- Such effects would include: overestimates or underestimates of results during the observation and recording phase of an experiment, errors in interpreting the data, and the fabrication of data.
- However, the ratio might be an overestimate since the liquid assay favors fast-growing type II cells.
- We do not know whether the low response rate in our study produced an overestimate or underestimate of prevalence.
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