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- verb Present participle of
overestimate .
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Examples
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They have erred also in overestimating the willingness of other people to fight for themselves, or for their freedom.
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Neocons have erred in overestimating the U.S. public’s willingness to engage in long struggles on behalf of other people.
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In investigating the California rate filing, that state's Department of Insurance found mathematical mistakes, such as overestimating future medical costs and double-counting the effect of its policyholders aging, according to insurance commissioner Steve Poizner, a Republican candidate for governor.
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He warned against the traps that projects of this kind tend to fall into, such as overestimating the benefits, and underestimating the costs.
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"overestimating" the increase in food prices over forty years, and the perverse incentives for
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"overestimating" the increase in food prices over forty years, and the perverse incentives for
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However, the meta-model performed abysmally in the Artic and Antarctic areas, overestimating mean temperatures by 6 degrees centrigrade.
Climate Change, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Now if the IPCC report is overestimating the total amount of hydrocarbons, counting oil, coal, natural gas, and whatever else we may burn (methane in methane hydrates for example), then the criticism still applies.
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No scorecard for these guys, so they can issue 5 reports a week with the rosiest of predictions that are completely out of line overestimating a generally good record of price growth and nobody seems to notice.
Climate Prediction Markets, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Armstrong isn't betting that there is no global warming, he is betting the the climate models are overestimating it.
Climate Bet Details, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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