Overreport

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To report too much or too often. transitive

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From over- + report.

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