Overcount
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An incorrect count that is too high.
Verb
- 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 To outnumber. transitive
Example
More examples"The census overcounted people in some neighborhoods, and undercounted them in others."
Etymology
From over- + count.