as in valued
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 overestimated
Annual revisions released Tuesday by the BLS revealed that initial estimates for nonfarm payrolls data for the 12 months to March of this year were overestimated by 911,000, likely contributing to existing concerns about the state of the labor market and the economy going forward.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
And the final 2024 revision, issued in February, showed that the 2024 data was overestimated by 589,000 jobs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The company has also fairly consistently missed consensus earnings estimates in recent quarters, suggesting its overall growth trajectory may have been overestimated.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
For as the college loan disaster has shown, higher education’s importance to the country is grossly overestimated.
—Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
And the final 2024 revision, issued in February, showed that the 2024 data was overestimated by 589,000 jobs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The company has also fairly consistently missed consensus earnings estimates in recent quarters, suggesting its overall growth trajectory may have been overestimated.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
For as the college loan disaster has shown, higher education’s importance to the country is grossly overestimated.
—Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overestimated
Verb
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Beauty in a deal valued at $1 billion.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion following its recent Series F funding round, Applied Intuition delivers the Vehicle OS, Self-Driving System, and toolchain to help customers build intelligent vehicles and shorten time to market.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Our testers couldn’t get enough of the perfume’s quiet coziness and appreciated the fact that the juice has a little oomph in terms of staying power.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Sharing this column with other people who play ReHeardle would be appreciated too.—
Kris Holt,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Bruno called the routine well done and admired Danielle’s fluidity and movement across the floor.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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So many admired him, adored him, and respected him.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some, however, are urging caution, warning the unprecedented success has made the stock overvalued.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Tesla critics say that the stock has become grossly overvalued because of Wall Street’s willingness to buy into Musk’s vision of the future in terms of AI, self-driving vehicles and robots, despite its failures to deliver on past promises along those lines.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Both the Aggies and Fighting Irish ended up being overrated, but a win like that is still a big win.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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Steve Sarkisian is overrated and always has been.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Overestimated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimated. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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