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Overcount

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An incorrect count that is too high.
Verb
  1. 1
    To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another transitive

    "The census overcounted people in some neighborhoods, and undercounted them in others."

  2. 2
    To outnumber. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From over- + count.

Etymology 2

From over- + count.

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