Thesaurus results for OVERESTIMATION

overestimation

noun

as in underestimation

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Recent Examples of overestimation The study found that the incorrect, older models led to a significant bias in criticality calculations, causing an artificial overestimation of the reactor’s effective neutron multiplication factor (keff). —

Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025 Even if that number is a vast overestimation, and the death toll from all nuclear accidents were a vast underestimation, splitting atoms in nuclear power stations is still one of the safest things that humanity does. —

Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025 This was later updated to reflect a 598,000 overestimation in previous data. —

Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025 The possible overestimation could be due to a change in the direction of the tsunami’s energy. —

Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for overestimation

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Noun

For Smith-Njigba, underestimation precedes dominance.

— Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
As the only female taxi driver working her corner of Nigeria’s heaving metropolis, Lady is accustomed to underestimation by a callous patriarchy, and staunchly resists the gender normatives implied by her name.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026