overcalculate

English

Etymology

over- +‎ calculate

Verb

overcalculate (third-person singular simple present overcalculates, present participle overcalculating, simple past and past participle overcalculated)

1. To calculate as being greater than is actually the case
   • 1822, John Gibson Lockhart, Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair‎^[1], Chapter XI, page 135:

     Meanwhile, Mr. Blair began, as anxious people will do, to overcalculate the lapse of time.

Synonyms

• exaggerate
• overestimate
• overstate