[ noun ] making to seem more important than it really is <noun.communication>
Overstatement \O"ver*state"ment\, n. An exaggerated statement or account.
He was forced to resign from the Central Bank in 1984 after the discovery of an overstatement of $600 million in the country's foreign exchange reserves.
"Campaigned actively" is an overstatement of Stanford President Donald Kennedy's support for Rose Bird, then-chief justice of the California Supreme Court.
And that's not an overstatement," Frank told the committee.
Melodramatic overstatement of this sort is the rule here.
"It is not an overstatement to say, compared with other states, (that) New York is a much friendlier place to corrupt politicians, crooked businessmen and organized criminals," Mr. Giuliani said.
The problem was discovered in February during a final audit and the director was asked to leave. Spring Ram made charges of Pounds 2.1m against last year's profits to cover the overstatement and thought the problem had been solved.
The G-7 export data and their corrections imply a substantial overstatement of the trade deficit with the most advanced industrial economies.
While this was an overstatement, GATT's hold on life has become shaky.
At the time, Shearson officials said the overstatement involved no misuse of company or client funds.
Mr. Gilder also is fond of overstatement.
But to say Biden could have kept this from hard feelings, is an overstatement." Thurmond has shown an ability to behave as a true Southern gentleman.