English-Finnish translations for overstate

• liioitella
  Mahdollisuuksiamme ei kuitenkaan pidä liioitella. But do not overstate our possibilities.
  Lisäksi on täysin turhaa liioitella tilannetta. Moreover, it is completely pointless to overstate the situation.
  On vaikea liioitella pikaisten toimien tarvetta Johannesburgissa. It is hard to overstate the importance of urgent action at Johannesburg.
• suurennella
  suurennella saavutuksiaan

Definition of overstate

• To exaggerate; to state or claim too much

Examples

• I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.
• He was suggested not to overstate at the interview.

Related words

• overstated
• overstay
• overstatement
• overstaffing