Overstate

Word OVERSTATE
Character 9
Hyphenation o ver state
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Definitions and meanings of "Overstate"

What do we mean by overstate?

To state in exaggerated terms. synonym: exaggerate. transitive verb

To exaggerate in statement; express or declare in too strong terms.

To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. transitive verb

To exaggerate; to state or claim too much. verb

To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth verb

To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Overstate

The word "overstate" in example sentences

The historic influence of American animation is impossible to overstate, which is why its decline has been so hard to swallow. ❋ Steve Hulett (2007)

PODESTA: Well, I think you could kind of overstate that, to some extent. ❋ Unknown (2004)

That, Jason, I wouldn't, I wouldn't want to kind of overstate that there was a ton of buying in Q4 previously. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While religious divisions exist, including some latent interreligious tensions, we should not overstate the capacity of religion to cause tension or division. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

A second limitation was that, in writing at least, the professors did not want to overstate their case lest their prudence be doubted. ❋ Jack Cashill (2011)

"I don't want to overstate any of this, it's a step in the right direction," the official said. ❋ Marc Champion (2011)

In what ways do these data overstate or understate the degree of upward mobility in the economy? ❋ Unknown (2009)

First, ANY artificial expense charged to the company will inherently overstate the degree of injury to the shareholders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's hard to overstate the ridicule dumped on Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign ad, "It's morning again in America." ❋ Daniel Henninger (2010)

At a time when the nonprofit sector is grappling with economic fallout, government funding cuts and the stain of recent high-profile scandals, it is difficult to overstate the importance of conducting thorough due diligence on nonprofit organizations. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It is hard to overstate the importance of the finds from Tillya Tepe. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But the growth in off-balance-sheet lending that banks channel through trust companies, which doesn't show up in the new-loan data, and growth in wealth-management products used in lieu of straight deposits, which don't show up in the money-supply data, mean the official figures probably overstate the true extent of tightening. ❋ Tom Orlik (2011)

Plus, Brearley is a psychoanalyst these days, and I don't think any of us could overstate the potential benefits of such a figure being admitted to the radioactively dysfunctional England setup. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Mr. Meyer notes that the measures also tend to overstate inflation and overcount the elderly. ❋ Conor Dougherty (2011)

It is hard to overstate just how fraught Iraq's future looks – and the risk that this entails for a highly combustible region. ❋ Unknown (2011)

State auditors found errors in all 20 accounts they reviewed, leading the office to overstate its coffers by $5.2 million. ❋ Shelly Banjo (2011)

Even China Mobile's meager 3G subscriptions—the 2010 data show they rose to 20.7 million from 8.4 million at the end of 2009—overstate the benefit to the company. ❋ Tom Orlik (2011)

I also think we can overstate the genre-dependence of the phenomenon. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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