Associations to the word «Overestimation»

Wiktionary

OVERESTIMATION, noun. An excessive estimation

Dictionary definition

OVERESTIMATION, noun. An appraisal that is too high.
OVERESTIMATION, noun. A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats