Overestimated
[,ovɚ'ɛstə,met]
Examples
- But James's services cannot be overestimated: if he did not lay even the foundations of a science, he did lay some of the foundations for research. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is possible that the influence of a return to classic Greek pagan literature in bringing about this changed mind has been overestimated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She could not admit at once that she might have overestimated Wildeve, for to perceive his mediocrity now was to admit her own great folly heretofore. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Tracy