Sentence examples for generally overstated from inspiring English sources

The risks of archaeology in Iraq are generally overstated.

In every way besides national postseason television ratings, the game is thriving, and the real effect of those low ratings is generally overstated.

Study after study on the matter has already shown that the Olympics very rarely bring long-term economic benefits to a host city; best cases merely break even and short-term benefits like increased tourism are generally overstated.

I think the "benefits" of alcohol have been generally overstated, though it appears to take more than a moderate intake of alcohol to have a significant adverse effect on health.

"Economists generally overstate the effects of uncertainty on spending, but in this case it does seem to be significant," he added.

For this reason, polls generally overstate the standing of third-party candidates, and for forecasting purposes it may be proper to treat ostensible third-party voters as de facto undecideds.

Responding to the poll on Radio National on Thursday, Plibersek said people "generally overstate the number of Muslims that we have in Australia – it's a tiny fraction of our community".

"While aggregate counterparty credit limits make sense, and firms currently utilize internal management limit structures to control risk-taking, the proposed rule uses a rudimentary and one-dimensional measure that significantly misstates, and generally overstates dramatically, the actual exposure," Bob Chakravorti, chief economist at the Clearing House, said in a statement.

But with telecoms in a slump, there may not be many buyers.Xerox restated its accounts in June because the office-equipment company said that a so-called "misapplication of GAAP" (generally accepted accounting standards) overstated its profits by $1.4 billion over five years.

Early 21st-century research, however, suggested that Master James' role, and Savoyard influence more generally, may have been overstated.

These aspects of the game are often overstated and generally hard to measure, but that does not mean they are not real.