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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overestimate .
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Examples
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Pawlenty overestimates his own ability to govern when he lets a major bridge on an interstate highway collapse on his watch killing hundreds of innocents people.
I don't view Palin as a competitor for anything, says Pawlenty 2009
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In our book, we argue in some detail that much the same is true of Darwin's treatment of evolution: it overestimates the contribution the environment makes in shaping the phenotype of a species and correspondingly underestimates the effects of endogenous variables.
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Xie overestimates the dangers of high prices and empty apartments, because he wrongly dismisses the role leverage plays in causing bubbles.
The Three Big Dangers For China's Real Estate Sector Shaun Rein 2010
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She overestimates her popularity, she better take advantage of it while she still can.
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Slawenski overestimates minor efforts - for him the uncollected story "A Boy in France" merits comparison to Blake, Dickinson and Dostoyevsky.
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Xie overestimates the dangers of high prices and empty apartments, because he wrongly dismisses the role leverage plays in causing bubbles.
Big Dangers For China's Real Estate Sector Shaun Rein 2010
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The university overestimates the value of an innovation because it undervalues the execution necessary to bring an innovation to the marketplace.
Gary Liberson, PhD: Getting Value From R&D Dollars PhD Gary Liberson 2011
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The U.S. Census Bureau reports a much higher literacy rate, but if you see how the literacy rate that they report was obtained, you will undoubtedly agree with Jonathan Kozol (who describes the literacy rate determination process in his shocking book Illiterate America) that the reported figure vastly overestimates the literacy rate — and the Adult Literacy in America report proves it.
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The university overestimates the value of an innovation because it undervalues the execution necessary to bring an innovation to the marketplace.
Gary Liberson, PhD: Getting Value From R&D Dollars PhD Gary Liberson 2011
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Slawenski overestimates minor efforts - for him the uncollected story "A Boy in France" merits comparison to Blake, Dickinson and Dostoyevsky.
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