overestimate by

Frequency: 8.216.1 per million words

used to specify the amount or margin of overestimation

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Examples (10)

  • We overestimated the cost by about 2%.
  • The company overestimated its profits by nearly ten million dollars.
  • Analysts believe the property was overestimated by at least 15%.
  • The travel time was overestimated by twenty minutes due to the light traffic.
  • They overestimated the number of guests by fifty people.
  • The budget was overestimated by a significant margin last year.
  • It appears we overestimated the attendance by a few hundred.
  • The weight of the cargo was overestimated by several tons.
  • Scientists realized they had overestimated the speed of the reaction by a factor of two.
  • Experts warned that the project's impact might be overestimated by a wide margin.