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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overpredict .
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Examples
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The positive ring-width/temperature relationship weakened such that a pre-1965 linear model systematically overpredicted tree rings at this site from 1965—1999.
GHCN Adjusted Data Isn't Good Enough for D'Arrigo et al « Climate Audit 2007
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Analyses using unadjusted data indicated some differences relative to those reported herein with less of a disparity between actual and estimated tree growth but the same overall conclusion: i.e., that radial growth at this site is overpredicted by the linear model based on temperature.
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When predicting expenditure for groups based on expenditure quintiles, all models underpredicted the highest expenditure group and overpredicted the four other groups.
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So first of all the government overpredicted what this measure could do.
BC Bloggers 2009
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Not one student overpredicted his or her grade; and one got it right.
IOL Technology 2009
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However, the guys that are on the high end of the cycle 24 forecasts and that overpredicted 23’s peak are the ones who are already saying 25 will be very low.
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