as in to exaggerate
to describe or express in too strong terms
it appears you've somewhat overstated your computer skills, if you can't find the "on" button!
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Recent Examples of overstate
The Thomas Elias column that posted online March 4 and ran March 7 in the Bay Area News Group’s print weeklies incorrectly overstated what could be built under two different California housing laws.
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Even Lynch’s prowess as a world-beating stock-picker was overstated.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
But he’s also repeatedly overstated vaccines’ risks and declined to directly urge parents to vaccinate their children.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
The time is now To say this has to be the year for the Padres would overstating things.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Even Lynch’s prowess as a world-beating stock-picker was overstated.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
But he’s also repeatedly overstated vaccines’ risks and declined to directly urge parents to vaccinate their children.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
The time is now To say this has to be the year for the Padres would overstating things.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Overstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstate. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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