(v. t.) To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.
Example Sentences:
(1) While it is important not to overstate the case from the relatively small number of people consulted, they do represent a diverse range of adult social care service users from different areas in England .
(2) Last week we saw that the government had overstated the failings of the NHS by using dodgy figures (to be precise, they used misleading static figures instead of time trends).
(3) Although its highly questionable tax policies have made it a justifiable focus for criticism, it is hard to overstate its impact on coffee drinking in the UK.
(4) However, some doctors believe that the benefits of statins have been overstated, particularly for the lowest-risk group.
(5) They must behave as if Project Fear was overstated.
(6) It’s a seismic moment for the industry and particularly the big European manufacturers who have done a lot of work on diesel: technologically, they have they made the wrong bet.” Some analysts believe fears of brand damage in Europe are overstated but Bailey says: “In the US it’s very different: VW have killed their diesel market and it has left them in a very difficult position.” For British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, the timing of VW’s woes was ominous, as it unveiled two new diesels in America.
(7) Sure, Campbell at times had spoken to Rebekah Brooks every day, and had attended both of her weddings – but to call it a friendship "overstates it".
(8) In what is a credit to his integrity (although not his humanity), Walker held firm to his extremist position: “I believe that that is an unborn child that’s in need of protection out there, and I’ve said many a time that that unborn child can be protected, and there are many other alternatives that can also protect the life of that mother.” It’s is almost impossible to overstate how radical and indefensible Walker’s position is.
(9) Few would have expected the story at the end of the week to be that David Cameron had overstated his income for tax purposes.
(10) We shouldn’t overstate the ability of memes or hashtags to change the world.
(11) The uncertainty in track forecast right now cannot be overstated,” said The Capital Weather Gang , the forecasting site owned by the Washington Post.
(12) But even after a week's use, he wasn't in love: I don't like holding this phone, and I can't overstate how much that informs the experience of using it.
(13) "I think the figures are somewhat overstated in this country," he says tersely, "as it's generally the same three scientists making their voices heard.
(14) The FSA also said identity protection was mis-sold because CPP overstated the risks and consequences of identity theft during sales of the product.
(15) Nor can the court overstate the harm to African American citizens and to the integrity of the justice system that results from racially discriminatory jury selection practices," Weeks said.
(16) The broad, attractive claims made in support of physician dispensing by physicians clearly overstate the benefits both to patients and to physicians.
(17) While arguing that the risks of high technology are overstated and the dangers of low technology developments often are overlooked, Gaylin warns against approaches to controlling behavior that reduce heterogeneity and freedom.
(18) DLIF overstated determination of serum digoxin concentration, which in the case of exceptional narrow digoxin therapeutic spectrum as well as its concentration-dependent toxicity became a significant clinical problem.
(19) Specifically, profiles of patients identified as overreporters should be interpreted with caution so as to not overstate their level of pathology.
(20) Leahy, joined by ranking Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, criticised director of national intelligence James Clapper for making untruthful statements to Congress in March about the bulk phone records collection on Americans, and NSA director Keith Alexander for overstating the usefulness of that collection for stopping terrorist attacks.
Overstatement
Definition:
(n.) An exaggerated statement or account.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is shown that the overstatement can be quite substantial.
(2) This error has as a consequence an overstatement of the precision of the study, resulting in incorrect P values which indicate a greater measure of statistical significance than the data warrant.
(3) The overstatement was roughly triple Toshiba’s initial estimate.
(4) For every person who takes the fantasy seriously – to call it a prophecy is an overstatement – scores more find it harmless fun.
(5) It is not an overstatement to say we have a brewing crisis.” Placing Bannon on the NSC, with his lack of national security experience, was a “radical” step, Rothkopf said, as the former Breitbart media chairman had shown himself to hold “racist, misogynist and Islamophobic” views.
(6) It is not an overstatement to say that PG&E has the contrition of Charlie Manson – that is to say, it has none.” The NBNCo spokesman said any questions relating to PG&E “should be referred to PG&E”.
(7) These Super Sunday-ish collisions are so often presented in a farrago of swirling overstatement – seasons defined, destiny shaped, lives ruined, civilisations decimated – but Wenger will take encouragement from this performance.
(8) Inurse a deep respect for the person who says the incredibly unpopular thing at a public meeting, even while I'm hissing at them (that's an overstatement – I would never hiss).
(9) Photograph: PR The asking price is less than a tenth of the £263m profit overstatement that has thrown Tesco into turmoil.
(10) Related to the overstatement is a general failure to acknowledge that society does not always change for the worse.
(11) He dismissed the idea that fraud may have been involved in the accounting blunder: “Nobody gained financially as a consequence of the overstatement of performance.” Pending that outcome Tesco has withheld the near £1m payment due to be paid to Laurie McIlwee, the former finance director who resigned in April.
(12) Lewis dismissed the idea that fraud was involved in the accounting blunder: “Nobody gained financially as a consequence of the overstatement of performance.” Lewis said the discovery of the accounting irregularities had been a “body blow”, but the completion of the Deloitte report “drew a line” under the issue from the company’s perspective – although it would support the FCA as it gathered evidence.
(13) It desperately needs to avoid pantomime and overstatement.
(14) The world's biggest accounting scandals Read more Tanaka and Sasaki knew about the profit overstatement and created a pressurised corporate culture that prompted business heads to manipulate figures to meet targets, the investigators said in their report.
(15) Bailey said Tesco’s overstatement was a “stratospheric error”, adding that any inquiry could be extended to the wider UK grocery industry.
(16) That was an overstatement of the report's findings in relation to Mr Cohen.
(17) Tesco executives could face a parliamentary committee over its overstatement of profits, the select committee chairman told the BBC on Thursday.
(18) This pointed to the difficulties in the differential diagnosis of measles and other exanthema diseases, and led to the overstatement of the recorded measles foci and cases, particularly among the vaccinated.
(19) Improper accounting at Toshiba included overstatements and booking profits early or pushing back the recording of losses or charges.
(20) Much is known about this disease and it is probably not an overstatement to say that there are more data regarding the molecular and biological events underlying CML than any other human cancer.