overreport

verb

overreport

verb

Etymology From over- + report.

1

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.2007 January 7, Daniel Gross, “A Phantom Rebound in the Housing Market”, in New York Times:

Antonyms: underreport
Derived terms: overreporter

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.