overestimated's Usage Examples:

BLit it was not in confidence of victory that Kuropatkin began the execution of the new plan - rather as a desperate expedient to avoid being cut off by the 1st Army, whose strength he greatly overestimated.

The value of this reinforcement at this particular moment can hardly be overestimated.

That the religious elements in the Reformation have been greatly overestimated from a modern point of view can hardly be questioned, and one of the most distinguished students of Church history has ventured the assertion that " The motives, both remote and proximate, which led to the Lutheran revolt were largely secular rather than spiritual."

American scientific enterprise, mainly in very deep water, though in a few instances he overestimated under the guidance of Professor Alexander Agassiz, has been the depth by failing to detect the moment at which the lead active in the North Atlantic and especially in the Pacific Ocean, touched bottom.

The differences of level between different parts of the geoid have been greatly overestimated in the past; F.

The importance of the general conclusions above formulated, as imposing a limit upon our powers of direct observation, can hardly be overestimated; but there has been in some quarters a tendency to ascribe to it a more precise character than it can bear, or even to mistake its meaning altogether.

By strengthening the older methods, and devising new ones, he exerted an influence which can never be overestimated.

The influence which Mill's works exercised upon contemporary English thought can scarcely be overestimated.

His output of work, in catalogues, 'c., was enormous, and his services to the Bibliotheque Nationale in this respect cannot be overestimated.

The value of Dalton's generalizations can hardly be overestimated, notwithstanding the fact that in several cases they needed correction.

Synonyms:

overcapitalize, overrate, misjudge, overcapitalise,

Antonyms:

light, dark, lightness, darkness, underestimate,