overestimaten.
/ˌəʊvərˈɛstᵻmət/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɛstəmət/ A numerical estimate that is too high; an appraisal or evaluation that is too favourable.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > overestimation or overrating > an overestimate
overvalue1564
overcast1771
overestimate1828
1828 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 222 We have endeavored to repress what seems to us a repining disposition, founded on an overestimate of their actual claims.
1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease I. ii. xv. 357 A very good child, but spoilt..by John's over-estimate of her.
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin xiii. 124 They shall think of me with every help their own affection may lend them, and I will not love them less for the over-estimate.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 8/1 The loss through systematic over-estimates..will probably amount to £200,000.
1939 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 25 121 A mass of 2 × 1011 suns appears to be an overestimate for the main body of a galaxy.
1977 Listener 17 Mar. 327/1 The real membership of the Labour Party..is now 445,000..and..even this figure is probably an overestimate.
1995 New Scientist 28 Nov. 21/1 There are major inaccuracies in the official figures for defence R&D, leading to an overestimate of spending.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
overestimatev.
/ˌəʊvərˈɛstᵻmeɪt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɛstəˌmeɪt/ transitive. To attribute too high an estimated value to (a numerical quantity); to estimate (something) to be larger, better, or more important than it really is; (also) to hold in too high estimation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
to make of (also on)c1449
to make fair weather of1537
over-reckon1537
overmind1571
overween1588
overprize?1589
overcount1593
overvalue1597
overrate1599
wondernize1599
overhold1609
over-cess1611
overweight1613
overthinka1618
over-title1620
overcast1622
overmeasure1625
over-sum1628
overesteema1639
overproportion1642
outbid1688
overcharge1711
overestimate1797
overreach1822
overplay1835
maximize1866
maximate1881
out-reckon1898
fetishize1934
1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor IV. xiii. 168 Her defence of me..was a proof that I had not overestimated her fortitude.
1823 J. S. Mill in Bermondsey Bk. (1929) VI. 16 I may be told..that I over-estimate the effect of these motives on bad men.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xx. 155 A man over-estimating the value of his property, or not allowing for its depreciation.
1885 Cent. Mag. July 450/1 An example of the proneness to overestimate the number of troops opposed to us.
1921 R. Macaulay Dangerous Ages vi. 117 She always felt a bond of human sympathy between herself and that lady whom she thought over-estimated and called the Virgin Mary.
1958 R. K. Narayan Guide iii. 34 Her view was that my father had overestimated his business.
1999 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Nov. a18/1 Polls tend to overestimate the size of New York City's share of the ultimate statewide vote.
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