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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpredict.

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Examples

  • The positive ring width/temperature relationship has weakened such that a pre-1965 linear model systematically overpredicts tree ring widths from 1965 to 1999.

    Upside-Down Quadratic Proxy Response « Climate Audit 2005

  • In short, the SAT overpredicts the college performance of male high school students while the potential of high school females is underestimated and devalued.

    Failing at FAIRNESS Myra David Sadker 2003

  • In short, the SAT overpredicts the college performance of male high school students while the potential of high school females is underestimated and devalued.

    Failing at FAIRNESS Myra David Sadker 2003

  • In short, the SAT overpredicts the college performance of male high school students while the potential of high school females is underestimated and devalued.

    Failing at FAIRNESS Myra David Sadker 2003

  • The current dark matter theory, she said, "is very successful at recovering the large-scale distribution of galaxies, but when you look on sub-galactic scales, it far overpredicts the number of dwarf galaxies relative to what we actually observe".

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • 5. Yes, the results in #186 are in accord with the dispersion relation that overpredicts hydrostatic growth rates at smaller scales, but limits them for nonhydrostatic models.

    Exponential Growth in Physical Systems « Climate Audit 2007

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