Meaning & use
Overestimated
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Judged or calculated the size, amount, or importance of something to be greater than it actually is.
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Analysts overestimated the company's quarterly earnings by a wide margin.
He overestimated how long the drive would take and arrived far too early.
A note on using this word
Commonly paired with 'difficult to' in phrases like 'the impact cannot be overestimated,' meaning it is enormously significant.
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underestimated
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