OVERRATING

overestimate, overestimation, overrating, overreckoning

(noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

overrating

present participle of overrate

Source: Wiktionary


OVERRATE

O`ver*rate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrating.]

Definition: To rate or value too highly.

O"ver*rate`, n.

Definition: An excessive rate. [R.] Massinger.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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