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overestimated

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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. H. L. Mencken

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde

A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run. Francis Collins

India under Indira Gandhi was also probably the arena for more KGB active measures than anywhere else in the world, though their significance appears to have been considerably exaggerated by the Centre, which overestimated its ability to manipulate Indian opinion. Indira Gandhi

An intelligent woman herself, the Duchess had overestimated the Marshal's intelligence. Not an ambitious woman, she had underestimated his ambition. So are many misread by other's lights. Sheri S. Tepper

A middle class is so important to a society that its value cannot be overestimated. Eliot Engel

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