overestimate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From over- + estimate.

With regard to the question of copyright (if it ever comes to publication), I do not know whether you would think three hundred guineas an overestimate, if you do you may diminish it. — My Recollections of Lord Byron, Teresa, contessa di Guiccioli
The overestimates of the CIA, with selective and often speculative information provided by the country's intelligence gatherer, the NSA, helped define a decade of political and tech- nological achievements: Star Wars, Stealth, MX, B1, B2 and other assorted toys that had no practical use save all out war. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

overestimation, overvaluation, overappraisal

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