Definition of "overstates" []

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

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• "Actually, to say that Carlos Slim "jockeyed" for the title overstates the case."
• "The title overstates the case: Wall Street and Washington did not betray the American people: betrayal presumes an obligation, an obligation which existed only as a fantasy in the population at large, a fantasy no more or less vacuous than our millennial belief in gods."
• "The issue is McCain overstates no preconditions as becoming best buddies on day one."