as in to appreciate
to place too high a value on
the contractors overestimated their ability to do the work on such short notice
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Recent Examples of overestimate
People also tend to overestimate how inconvenient the helper will find the request and underestimate how happy helping will make them, one study found.
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Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Lewis cautions that people tend to overestimate the power of schools to attract residents.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
The trick is not to overestimate FSD’s capabilities and let your guard down.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Only 51% of U.S. households spent less than their income in 2024, with 22% overestimating their financial health.
—Cassidey Kavathas, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
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Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Lewis cautions that people tend to overestimate the power of schools to attract residents.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
The trick is not to overestimate FSD’s capabilities and let your guard down.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Only 51% of U.S. households spent less than their income in 2024, with 22% overestimating their financial health.
—Cassidey Kavathas, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overestimate
Verb
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These are heady days for the club and that is something to hold onto and appreciate.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Every panel and every page are so luxuriously rendered that Skybound is offering a deluxe oversized edition for fans who want to appreciate every detail.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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This may have to do with the pricing leading to people valuing the bags for reuse.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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OpenAI in share sales talk that would value it at $500 billion.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Advertisement Good driving is overrated Another thing that links the Drebins is a complete inability to drive safely.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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Did Pogacar’s win show Visma’s super-squad approach is overrated? Waugh: Overrated would be a stretch.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Some analysts think the market is heavily overvalued and thus due for a correction.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Then there’s Palantir, a company many love to call overvalued, yet whose growth and margins continue to defy gravity.—
Daniel Newman,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Or, simply admire the talent that manifests throughout Sewanee.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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Nearly 100 years later, Shalimar remains one of the world’s best-selling fragrances, still admired, collected and worn across generations.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
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That what their songs added up to was a full-scale vision of the ins and outs of love and loss and romance and pain and desire and fulfillment, told entirely from a woman’s point of view, is part of the reason their genius wasn’t fully recognized and respected.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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Don’t use people’s voice or appearance without their permission, and respect their intellectual property.—
Bogdan Nesvit,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Overestimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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