Definition of "overestimates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overestimate. (verb)

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• "The U.S. Census Bureau reports a much higher literacy rate, but if you see how the literacy rate that they report was obtained, you will undoubtedly agree with Jonathan Kozol (who describes the literacy rate determination process in his shocking book Illiterate America) that the reported figure vastly overestimates the literacy rate — and the Adult Literacy in America report proves it."
• "The university overestimates the value of an innovation because it undervalues the execution necessary to bring an innovation to the marketplace."
• "Xie overestimates the dangers of high prices and empty apartments, because he wrongly dismisses the role leverage plays in causing bubbles."