Associations to the word «Overstatement»

Wiktionary

OVERSTATEMENT, noun. An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
OVERSTATEMENT, noun. The tendency to overstate.

Dictionary definition

OVERSTATEMENT, noun. Making to seem more important than it really is.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras