overreport en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + report.
Meanings
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(transitive) To report too much or too often.
Just as the rising tide of cancellations leads the Census Bureau to overreport sales in the short term, it leads the government to underreport inventories.
2007 January 7, Daniel Gross, “A Phantom Rebound in the Housing Market”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overreporting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overreports | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overreported | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overreported | Tense=Past | lexicographic |