Sentence examples for been overestimated from inspiring English sources
noun
An estimation that ends up being too high.
- I went with the higher bid because I would rather have it turn out to be an overestimate than having to scramble for more money when the bill comes due.
The importance of this expulsion, however, has been overestimated.
They contend that the levels of chemicals in the river have been overestimated.
Revenues for the previous year had been overestimated by more than $35 million.
The watchdog said some results from DfID's work had been overestimated.
In October, Tunstall reckoned the £480m savings figure had been overestimated by £160m.
Income from privatizations has been overestimated, the bank said, and is likely to be revised down.
Yet it does not mean that he has been overestimated, only that not even a champion wins every time out.
Sex was an amusing but bemusing fact of life: "The whole business has been overestimated by the poets".
And there are concerns among some scientists that the potential for bioenergy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been overestimated.
Similarly, writing is so fundamental to a modern, literate society that its significance has often been overestimated.
In Ukraine, it had both; while the role of foreigners there has been overestimated, they did help to prevent violence.
