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Definition of Overcounted
1. overcount [v] - See also: overcount
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcounted
Literary usage of Overcounted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1845)
"But the spoiled and petted Katey had fop once overcounted. There are in certain
minds bursts of passion, which, like the tempests of tropical islands, ..."
2. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by David Starr Jordan, Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, John J. Brice, Leonhard Stejneger (1898)
"Deduct 24 overcounted, leaves the whole number of animals driven, 1628; number
taken, 394, or 78 per cent rejected. Nothing taken under a 6-pound or ''long" ..."
3. The Value of Money by Benjamin McAlester Anderson (1917)
"... are very greatly overcounted.2 The big item that does it is loan transactions
between brokers and brokers and between brokers and banks. ..."
4. The Bicentennial Census: New Directions for Methodology in 1990 by Constance F. Citro, Michael L. Cohen (1985)
"... that is, not overcounted). The APOC added 1.7 percent to the overall housing
unit count—3.8 percent in the commercial mailing list areas in which the ..."
5. The Value of Money by Benjamin McAlester Anderson (1917)
"I conclude, therefore, that stock exchange transactions, instead of being
undercounted in bank deposits, are very greatly overcounted.2 The big item that ..."
6. Modern Capital of Human Rights?: Abuses in the State of Georgia by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"The data before the court, however, overcounted the number of persons "eligible"
for life sentences because it included offenders convicted of marijuana ..."
7. Operation Desert Storm: Evaluation of the Air Campaign by Kwai-Cheung Chan (1998)
"... vehicles killed by air attack; thus, the study may have overcounted the
percentage of tanks, APCs, and artillery destroyed by air-to-ground munitions. ..."
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