Definition of Overreport

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overreport

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overreport

overrelaxation
overrelaxations
overrelaxed
overrelaxes
overrelaxing
overreliance
overreliances
overreliant
overren
overrens
overrent
overrented
overrenting
overrents
overreplacement
overreport (current term)
overreported
overreporting
overreports
overrepresent
overrepresentation
overrepresented
overrepresenting
overrepresents
overresearched
overrespond
overresponded
overresponding
overresponds
overresponse

Literary usage of Overreport

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Health Status of Minorities & Low Income Groups by DIANE Publishing Company, Dept. of Health and Human Services, United States (1991)
"In the first case, national household surveys may underrepresent disadvantaged persons who are not included in such surveys; this includes: overreport ..."

2. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"overreport- ing may also occur where surveillance systems have duplicate or overlapping disease, injury, and fatality categories. ..."

3. Alcohol Use Among U. S. Ethnic Minorities edited by Danielle Spiegler (1993)
"Some groups may overreport symptom rates, for example. Ethnic variance occurs with a variety of mental health rating scales (Wester- meyer 1986). ..."

4. At the Hour of Death by Karlis Osis, Erlendur Haraldsson (1997)
"In India, the uninvolved or slightly involved seemed to overreport to some extent, while the moderately ..."

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