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1. overestimate
verb. ['ˌoʊvɝˈɛstəˌmeɪt'] make too high an estimate of.
Synonyms
Etymology
- estimate (English)
- aestimatus (Latin)
- over- (English)
- over- (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Overestimate
- underestimate
Sentences with overestimate
1. Verb, base form
You also don't want to overestimate your tax obligation and have your employer withhold too much money.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Sometimes owners overestimate the value of their homes and place them for sale for more than they're worth.
Quotes about overestimate
1. There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate - not to the artist, but to the public, blinding them to all but harming the artist not at all.
- Oscar Wilde
2. Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.
- Bill Gates
3. God does not give us more than we can handle,"I am told but I wonder if God doesn't overestimate me just a little. Or perhaps, and this is likely, I underestimate God.
- Julia Cameron, Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance
2. overestimate
noun. ['ˌoʊvɝˈɛstəˌmeɪt'] an appraisal that is too high.
Antonyms
Etymology
- estimate (English)
- aestimatus (Latin)
- over- (English)
- over- (Middle English (1100-1500))