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/ˌəʊvəstˈeɪtmənt/
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[ US /ˈoʊvɝˌsteɪtmənt/ ]
[ US /ˈoʊvɝˌsteɪtmənt/ ]
NOUN
- making to seem more important than it really is
How To Use overstatement In A Sentence
- The term apocalyptic does come to mind, and that really isn't an overstatement. CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2005
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- For four decades he has quietly been a voice of reason and restraint in a critical world prone to overstatement.
- Official overstatements of the amount the nation has been setting aside for retirement have compounded the problem.
- A powerful indictment of the system, it errs on the side of cartoonish overstatement once or twice but overall is well worth seeing.
- It would be an overstatement to say that Lewis deserved to win the race.
- 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’
