How To Use Overstate In A Sentence

The term apocalyptic does come to mind, and that really isn't an overstatement. CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2005
The importance of this book for the future of the Church of Christ can hardly be overstated.
Actually, to say that Carlos Slim "jockeyed" for the title overstates the case. Ventura County Star Stories
I agree that the piece is positive, though I think “glowingly positive” is an overstatement. The Volokh Conspiracy » CNN Profiles Lawyers in Same-Sex Marriage Case
For example, by relying exclusively on mortality data the ineffectiveness of medical science is overstated.

The article continues: The APS is opening its debate with the publication of a paper by Lord Monckton of Brenchley, which concludes that climate sensitivity -- the rate of temperature change a given amount of greenhouse gas will cause -- has been grossly overstated by IPCC modeling. Archive 2008-07-01
The importance of consistency in your daily schedule can not be overstated.
Statisticians say the inflation figures may overstate the speed of price rises.
Further, Newton's assumption that Wallace is the sole practitioner of the artful defusion of 'high brow' pretension by 'street slang' is an overstatement -- recall Joyce's exhausting of the entire practice in his "Oxen of the Sun" episode of Ulysses where the whole history of the English language is satirized, equally, from its inception to his contemporary cockney. Omer Rosen: Footnoting David Foster Wallace: Part 1
Don't overstate your case or no one will believe you.
The importance to historians of encoding standards that will facilitate data exchange can not be overstated.
In a review for New Humanist of two recent books written by political bloggers - Liberal Fascism by National Review Online blogger Jonah Goldberg, and The Liberal Defence of Murder by Lenin's Tomb author Richard Seymour - he finds that in the transition to the printed page all the faults of those with 'blogorrhea' are starkly revealed: sloppy research, cheap name-calling, historical immaturity, overstatement, distortion, factual errors and near-endless repetition. New Humanist Blog
The Rorschach inkblot conceit used for the catalogue was, like the ‘Lost Formats’ issue of Emigre, so overstated and dominant that it crushed the content.
It is impossible to overstate the momentousness of such events, and yet they have fallen into a shadowy disregard, eclipsed by recent history.
This caution can not be overstated in light of the decreased glomerular filtration often present in chronic liver failure.
Surely, even though it is necessary to question and dismantle canons, it is not an overstatement to claim that classical literature is the cornerstone of Western literature and society.
This is our first error: conscious control over behaviour is generally overstated.
The company says the sensor could overstate the amount of gasoline in the tank.
True economic profits were significantly overstated, with both booming profits and productivity gains unsustainable.
Her musical talent has been a little overstated.
And the shade of meaning, the limited qualification, that a Frenchman or Englishman can attain with a mere twist of the sentence, the German must either abandon or laboriously overstate with some colossal wormcast of parenthesis .... Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought
As always, Deaver's technical knowledge of the work of a criminalist is very good, if at times overstated. Reader reviews of The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver.
For four decades he has quietly been a voice of reason and restraint in a critical world prone to overstatement.
We should not overstate the risk to Scotland, which remains small, but it is there nonetheless.
The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention.
Kylesa's resemblance to a sludgier Built to Spill cannot be overstated (it's heard to best effect on the trippy, majestic opener, "Tired Climb," an arena-metal lighter anthem if ever there was one). CD review of 'Spiral Shadow' by Kylesa
Their persistence also leads Harris to conclude that the "deskilling" of labor in this century has been misleadingly overstated.
Ted ... you've greatly overestimated your appeal as well as having greatly overstated your nonacceptance of an imaginary offer! Top Obama VP candidate takes himself out of the running
I maintain that the demand for rarities, while not readily apparent or provable, is very strong, and that reports of minimal supply in 2010 have been overstated. New Weekly Column: Coin Rarities & Related Topics : Coin Collecting News
Official overstatements of the amount the nation has been setting aside for retirement have compounded the problem.
The company says the sensor could overstate the amount of gasoline in the tank.
A powerful indictment of the system, it errs on the side of cartoonish overstatement once or twice but overall is well worth seeing.
The FDA said the script "misleadingly" overstated "the proven efficacy of Mirena," and failed to mention the possibility that women who take the drug while pregnant may lose a baby or become infertile. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Like her and many others of our generation, I knew all the old gang pretty well but have met only a handful of today's lot, Maginnes, the Attwoods, Hanna, Dallat, Ritchie, McGrady, McDonnell and yes the "hapless" - (unkind and overstated) - Durkan. Slugger O'Toole
But even I, someone who thinks the case for Jewish "peoplehood" is often overstated and overly nostalgic, felt Messinger had taken the universal argument too far. JTA - Recent News
It would be an overstatement to say that Lewis deserved to win the race.
The role of ideological positioning is often overstated in American politics -- presidential elections are largely driven by the economy, and Congressional outcomes are closely related to the number of seats held by the president's party, whether it is a midterm election, and the state of the economy. Brendan Nyhan: The fallacy of insufficient extremism
Anyhow, he believes that the showiness of his jewellery was overstated. Times, Sunday Times
These scientists overstated and censored because they were 'goaded' by skepticism? Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog
Though saddled with a reputation for being a straight-faced bunch of no-fun guys, the crucial role accountants play in the heart and soul of the economy cannot be overstated.
It's also easy to overstate the degree to which university presidents ever were opinion leaders.
The ability of Forward Support Battalions to electronically pass and track supply requisitions cannot be overstated.
Dr.H. G. H.rrison by no means overstates the case when he says that the development of the heddle is the most important step in the evolution of the loom (H.rniman Museum H.ndbooks, No. 10, pp. 47-49). Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms
That does not mean that slavery was irrelevant or insignificant, but without an understanding of the sectional power relationships at stake we can be led to overstate its importance.
DeMint and Graham say the ultimate costs of the legislation aren't known because of what they call accounting gimmicks that overstated potential savings. Local Headlines - ABC News 4
The title overstates the case: Wall Street and Washington did not betray the American people: betrayal presumes an obligation, an obligation which existed only as a fantasy in the population at large, a fantasy no more or less vacuous than our millennial belief in gods. Planet Atheism
That overstatement is being cultivated to get more control of environmental and social issues. Think Progress » Inhofe’s Grandchildren Build Igloo To Mock Killer Snow Storm: ‘Al Gore’s New Home’
The word epochal is overstated, but it felt like it then and it has subsequently proved to be that. The Guardian World News
It would be an overstatement to say that Lewis deserved to win the race.
Hydrolley promoters overstate the cost for catenaries, and ignore the glaring problems that face fuel cell vehicles - waste. Back on Track, Grid Powered, and Gas Free
Granted, the word "flimsy" overstates the fiction of separateness between the Republican super PACs and the candidates they are supporting. Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis
First, she overstates the case that the Purist aesthetic which emerged in the 1920s, enchanted with ‘the thing in itself’ and enamored of a certain visual literalism, dominates American photography.
Hitt apologized to Haley at the meeting, saying the overstatement was his agency's fault. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Some of the myths are overstated, but many have a strong element of truth to them.
Yet the contrast between the carceral and the viewer society is probably overstated.
A good example of the overstatement is the PNHP study released yesterday which is rightly being carved up in among other places, Megan McCardle's blog. Free Lunch!, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Anti-gambling activists argue that economic gains are overstated and legalization would cause obscenity, violence, and other social problems.
To say that my knowledge of this byway of science fiction is feeble would be a gross overstatement. Books
The power and influence of the local religious and minority leaders cannot be overstated.
If companies backdate options without properly disclosing and accounting for the move, it can cause profits to be overstated. Bob Iger Named Director Of Apple, Arthur Levinson Named Chairman Of The Board
His claim about the number of people killed in the spring forest fire was evidently overstated.
His banking background means he is careful not to overstate the possibilities from the outset.
Even as the risks of cyberterrorism are overstated and overhyped, the risks of cybercrime are downplayed and minimized.
To call the acting wooden would be overstatement, but it's often stiff and mannered.
Lefevere, though, very simply overstates the case regarding the relative function and desirability of rhymed, metrical translation.
Her steadfast delivery favours conviction over decoration and never overstates the point.
Her musical talent has been a little overstated.
DeMint and Graham said the ultimate costs of the legislation aren't known because of what they call accounting gimmicks that overstated potential savings. FoxCarolina.com - News
The problems have been greatly overstated.
Mr. Meyer notes that the measures also tend to overstate inflation and overcount the elderly. How to Accurately Measure The Poor Remains Elusive
Oft-cited Census data apparently overstate the number of uninsured because they undercount the number of people covered by Medicaid.
Actually, to say that Carlos Slim "jockeyed" for the title overstates the case. Ventura County Star Stories
Its usefulness overstated, its flexibility limited, it may even increase teacher workload, despite claims to the contrary.
The formality and scale of her attire, her pose, and her lack of affectedness suggest class and gender and also hyperbole and overstatement.
I've always said that the risks in investigative journalism tend to be overstated in Australia.
At first glance, such a comment seems like hyperbole, an eulogizing overstatement.
Not content to shed light on an underemphasized aspect of the story, he typically overstates the case, denying the obvious importance of the war.
(What he actually wrote, in a 2005 Washington Times editorial, was something closer to “homosexuality is a deathstyle” — which is so clumsily overstated that it crosses into pig-ignorant territory.) The Volokh Conspiracy » More Influential Books
Here's an intellectual — William Weaver, of New York City, who wrote, To call it a dirty-clothes hamper is to overstate the case. Word Fugitives
The judges felt that the station design was ‘overstated’ and should be ‘more in scale with other railway stations along the line’.
Beside the fact that Corrigan, Paul Volcker's sidekick at the Federal Reserve and former New York Fed chairman who is co-chairman of Goldman's business standards committee, which wrote the report, is talking up his own book here, notice the haziness of that "overstatement," which can mean almost anything. Robert Teitelman: Goldman Sachs, Business Standards and the Critics
He tends to overstate his case when talking politics.
I agree with him, but don't you think he slightly overstates the case?
I understand your interest in this matter, it is just frustrating, Senator, when you consistently overstate the case, or misstate the case in order to suit the case that you want to put.
I also find the characterization overstated that the "slumdweller is the one with regard to whom power renounces its right to exert full control and discipline, finding it more appropriate to let him dwell in the twilight zone of slums. What in the hell ...
I think that the consensus is a classic case of a subjective confidence interval that is overstated relative to reality. Overconfidence, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
If he refuses to "terrify" the child by telling him the truth, does this mean he will tell the child a white lie? vii) BTW, isn't it overstated to suggest it's always abusive to scare children? Triablogue
I'm not so sure you're helping your cause when you make silly overstatements like that.
The importance of a child's early years cannot be overstated .
The SEC said Andersen hadn't raised objections to company financials that overstated Waste Management's income by more than $1 billion.
This may have been an improvement, but "breakthrough" was an overstatement.
MikeGene: Yet not all misrepresentation is overstatement. Advocacy in Science: a Parasitic Practice
That the mining operations have uplifted the standard of living of the people in that region is not an overstatement.
The impact of the new legislation has been greatly overstated.
The issue is McCain overstates no preconditions as becoming best buddies on day one. Obama: McCain 'obsessed' with Ahmadinajad
And swiftie wins the overstatement award of the entire campaign: Hillary Spokesperson Compares Obama To...Ken Starr!
In many ways his importance is overstated, especially in the field of theory, and his place in the development of an independent air force is best viewed as a prophet or advocate rather than as a system builder.
The cliche trap picks up some characteristics of either theology or science, or both of them, and overgeneralizes and overstates these.
Like all caricatures, this book overstates its case about the contribution of pure chance to scientific breakthroughs.
With the air of a subordinate grieved at the necessity of being a messenger of ill tidings, and while conscientiously determined to be frank, yet equally resolved upon shunning overstatement, Claggart, at this invitation or rather summons to disburthen, spoke up. Billy Budd
Of course not - but today's media always feels the need to "counterbalance" everything - even if it overstates or validates ridiculous positions. Hillary Hits Critics For Taking Her RFK Assassination Remarks "Out Of Context"
She was also funny because she greatly overstated her sexy nature and love for men. Mae West always played the role of a young and strong woman.
Similarly radicals overstate the degree of unanimity among the medical profession, which is in fact riven with dissension and competing ideologies.
Describing Landesman as "our nation's nominal top funding dog," as one blogger did during the kerfuffle over the chairman's suggestion that the nation's resident theater scene is "overbuilt" meaning the funding is thin and artists aren't making much of a living, perhaps overstates the NEA's largesse. Some thoughts about Landesman's remarks
Second, it is well known that the inflation index used to "deflate" wage increases, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has a built in overstatement Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
The sleeves and gowns balloon out with layers of lace in an overstated and flamboyant style.
You, of course, are free to define "overstatement" any way you wish. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
The urgency of taking more effective action to achieve these goals can hardly be overstated.
To suggest that she pretended with him would be to overstate: she did not exactly pretend, but played, as it were, to his idea of himself. INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3
The sleeves and gowns balloon out with layers of lace in an overstated and flamboyant style.
Although the principle has its detractors – it has been called a trite and circular argument – its importance in the development of ecology can not be overstated for at least two reasons. Competitive exclusion principle
And Eleanor's reputation as a "sapphist" may be overstated given the number of little Roosevelt that she pumped out until she caught Franklin in an affair one of many - there was a reason that action figure looked a bit obscene. When Legends Gather #258
These impacts were somewhat exaggerated since the Soviet production system tended to overvalue and overstate output.
Above all, Nilon's voice is a touching and tender one, open-vowelled, never overstated, full of warmth and well abreast of high and low tessitura alike.
They grievously overstate the costs of bringing new drugs to market in hopes of wringing extortionate payments from desperate patients.
What he actually wrote, in a 2005 Washington Times editorial, was something closer to “homosexuality is a deathstyle” — which is so clumsily overstated that it crosses into pig-ignorant territory. The Volokh Conspiracy » More Influential Books
The impact of the new legislation has been greatly overstated.
There was a point where they said they thought the threat had possibly been overstated, and then they started to question their sources, and blah, blah, blah.
The impact of the new legislation has been greatly overstated.
Don't overstate your case or no one will believe you.
And in that, Mike has put together a number of essays written since the 1970s and I found it quite an education and quite a sobering thing to read those again and to see how at a particular moment in the heat of a particular argument you're inexorably pulled towards that kind of overstatement and then you have to wait until the pressure comes to the other kind of overstatement. Rowan Williams on Writing
For example, by relying exclusively on mortality data the ineffectiveness of medical science is overstated.
But the second-quarter dip in growth far overstates the downshift.
The funny thing is, I think that a lot of the abuse heaped upon this movie is overstated.
With the announcement of his impending retirement from the bench, a great many commentators have attempted to articulate both Justice Stevens 'influence on the American judicial landscape and his utter irreplaceability as a justice -- neither of which can be overstated. Want Another Warren Court? Try Justice Warren
Reports that Ministers at Wednesday's Cabinet meeting - where next week's special meeting had been decided on - had almost indulged in fisticuffs were an "overstatement" and had created the wrong impression. ANC Daily News Briefing
The large, egg-crate, chromed grille is somewhat overstated but still appealing.
That's probably overstated, but the exploits of the overseas based domestic assemblers do have an excellent track record with product, price, productivity and profitability.
The value and importance of housing independence and stability cannot be overstated.
What may not be overstated, however, is the difficulty governments have in clamping down on information like they once could. The revolution is being Tweeted
That was a huge overstatement, but it at least demonstrates how widespread the discourse of political radicalism had become.
This is our first error: conscious control over behaviour is generally overstated.
best" is a bit of an overstatement, but 5 great-aboveaverage starters is more than most organizations. Comments for FanGraphs Baseball
But one shouldn't overdramatize that or overstate it.
The importance of fair value accounting to responsible systemic risk management is hard to overstate.
Critics argued that legal pluralists had overstated their case, misrepresenting the prevailing doctrines of sovereignty.
The notion that the Social Security system is facing a severe crisis is a vast and cynical overstatement.
They said the federal guideline range overstated the seriousness of Rajaratnam's crimes, and called the term sought by the U.S. "grotesquely severe. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
It sounds like a ridiculous overstatement, but it's true.
So he's really looking at this from a whole different perspective, looking at your lean mass versus your fat and saying that if you go into a starvation mode, which he is claiming is every three hours, and that might be a little bit an overstatement, that you get into what's called a catabolic state, and you're breaking down your muscle mass, which is what keeps burning at higher calorie levels. CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2005
And if its depreciation charge is massively overstated its profits are massively understated.
The backwash from the affair has spooked investors, concerned that more US corporations may have used flattering accounting methods to overstate their historic profitability.
It is difficult to overstate the adulation he enjoyed; a young man not only rich and famous but feted by his government and adored by his fans.
The emphasis upon footloose capital and a new global capitalist order is overstated as is the decline of the welfare state.
To suggest that she pretended with him would be to overstate: she did not exactly pretend, but played, as it were, to his idea of himself. INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3
As such, this inclusion of the cash reserves can actually overstate capital and reduce ROCE.
Let me cite one sample: Holmes once wrote that "Canadians have a sour reputation for nauseous holiness and hypocrisy" and, he added, "Our rhetoric too often outpaces our contribution: 'Holmes was equally pungent in castigating Americans whose greatest sin, he believed, was overstatement. The View From Washington
This assumption overstates the impact of the bid-ask difference because arbitrageurs will likely face smaller bid-ask spreads, and some trades will occur within the range of the bid and ask prices.
The auditors' failure to attend stocktaking and identify the overstatement of stock is evidence of negligence, writes a litigation support partner at Kingston Smith.
The amount of consumer dissatisfaction is grossly overstated. NY: wine in grocery stores - 2010 edition | Dr Vino's wine blog
The Government's been unwilling to change the system, instead urging families to overstate their income, or opt for a lump sum, not fortnightly, payment to avoid any debt.
His self-advertisement was so overstated that it carried no hint of calculation.
The cyclicality problem can be overstated. Times, Sunday Times
The value of a strong home-school partnership cannot be overstated.
His claim about the number of people killed in the spring forest fire was evidently overstated.
The visual impact of this film cannot be overstated; every shot captures a moment of ineffable beauty or unspeakable horror.
Official figures almost certainly overstate the size of the spending boom: local bureaucrats may well be exaggerating investment in order to impress their masters in Beijing.
Many yachties who have visited Trinidad dwell on the negative and overstate the crime problem, but everything is a function of numbers.
Plus, Brearley is a psychoanalyst these days, and I don't think any of us could overstate the potential benefits of such a figure being admitted to the radioactively dysfunctional England setup. Cowell can find man to captain England – if Anfield cat lacks X Factor | Marina Hyde
Also good is the news that the SEC won’t be enforcing any action for the pesky circulation overstatement from a while back. Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » Belo Be Strong
It would hardly overstate the case to say that Lee was worried about how this would turn out.
LEVIN: I mean, I think that kind of overstates it a little bit. CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2006
The role that field guides (together with their essential companion, binoculars) have played in ornithology is difficult to overstate.
With the multi-million euro shopping centre at its Shandon location now in full swing the enormity of its benefit to the overall economy of the town can hardly be overstated.
Indeed, the magnitude of these outrages can never be overstated.
The extent of livestock loss to wolves is often overstated, wolves typically prefer their wild prey.
Lenin's Tomb author Richard Seymour - he finds that in the transition to the printed page all the faults of those with 'blogorrhea' are starkly revealed: sloppy research, cheap name-calling, historical immaturity, overstatement, distortion, factual errors and near-endless repetition. New Humanist Blog
And because his simplistic approach is so unanalytical, Fromkin overstates and underargues his thesis. New & Noteworthy
Even as the risks of cyberterrorism are overstated and overhyped, the risks of cybercrime are downplayed and minimized.
If the consumer price index sometimes overstates inflation, as some have argued, that could understate progress against poverty.
What is overstated virtue by others?
A psychic claimant, even a fully honest one, might want to demand such a statement because scientists sometimes overgeneralize or overstate the implications of their results.
Letters: David Cameron's enthusiasm to remould the Conservative party into the party of social justice Cameron's new Conservatism, December 7 may be overstated. Letters: Roots manoeuvre
Similarly, claims about the potential of the Internet are usually overstated and often hyperbole.
The danger of a jukebox is that it gets bullied by someone with bad taste (however, since people tend to go places that feature music that’s at least minimally agreeable, that danger is probably overstated). Around the Internets
To say that all purges are bad is probably an overstatement.

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