overreport

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overreport

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From over- + report.

verb overreports · overreporting · overreported

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.

Opposite: underreport

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"overreport." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/overreport. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{overreport_2026,
  title = {overreport},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overreport},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}