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overestimate definition

over·esti·mate (ō′vər es′tə māt′; for n. ō′vər es′tə mit)

transitive verb overestimated -·mat′ed, overestimating -·mat′·ing

to set too high an estimate on or for

noun

an estimate that is too high

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