Overrating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overrate \O`ver*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overrated}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Overrating}.]
     To rate or value too highly; to overestimate.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  overrating \overrating\ n.
     a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.
  
     Syn: overestimate, overestimation, overreckoning.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overrating
       n : a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
           [syn: {overestimate}, {overestimation}, {overreckoning}]