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- adjective represented as greater than is true or reasonable; exaggerated.
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- adjective Having been overstated;
exaggerated ; stated, displayed, or presented too grandly or prominently. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overstate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective represented as greater than is true or reasonable
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Examples
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The second reason why the fears of the fracturing of the public sphere seem overstated is the nature of network topologies.
Balkinization 2004
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Among those reductions are $5 billion for U.S. troops in Afghanistan and $1.6 billion for training of the Afghan Security Forces that U.S. commanders had identified as an "overstated requirement," Inouye said.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Among those reductions are $5 billion for U.S. troops in Afghanistan and $1.6 billion for training of the Afghan Security Forces that U.S. commanders had identified as an "overstated requirement," Inouye said.
The Seattle Times 2011
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I think the other writer just finds the "rare" tag overstated in describing Mar Dore's findings.
Boing Boing xeni@xeni.net (Boing Boing Video 2010
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I think the other writer just finds the "rare" tag overstated in describing Mar Dore's findings.
Boing Boing xeni@xeni.net (Boing Boing Video 2010
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"In today's enterprise storage environments, the importance of high performance, capacity and energy efficiency cannot be overstated, which is why the LSI WarpDrive card was a natural selection for a 2010 Best Electronic Design award," said
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The tensions between the U.S. and Karzai were not "overstated," and were coming from our diplomatic corps, who though Karzai was not providing adequate leadership.
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Well the facts of how he turned around the IOC does not lend to the characterization of 'overstated' but rather 'good acumen'.
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"The safe Obama margins in Penn were overstated which is exposed by these recent tighter margin polls."
McCain And Palin Spending Remaining Time In Bush States 2009
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WaPo's Howard Kurtz, the ultimate Beltway media insider, also recently raised questions about Drudge's not-so-iron-grip on the press corps, asking whether his influence is "overstated" and expressing decided skepticism about Drudge's current pull.
Big Media Figures Admitting That Drudge's Influence Has Waned 2009
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