overpredict
To predict to be higher than the actual value
Verb
- To predict to be higher than the actual value
- The harvest was overpredicted because the forecasters did not anticipate the dry weather.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English predict English overpredict From over- + predict.