n
An adage stating that people tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate its effect in the long run.
adj
Alternative spelling of capital-intensive [Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.]
adj
Indicative of expenditure or loss; costly
n
A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
n
One who defunds something.
n
One who discounts or disregards.
v
To spend more than one earns.
n
One who dissaves (spends more than is earned).
n
One who, or that which, downplays.
n
Someone who exaggerates.
n
(Britain, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
v
To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
n
(economics) A very high rate of inflation.
v
To value extremely highly or closely.
adj
Of money, not spent wisely.
v
(transitive) To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low.
n
Much more money than one needs.
n
(finance) Overhead (expense)
n
The act or state of outperforming
v
(transitive) To surpass in praising.
n
Alternative spelling of overachiever [One who overachieves; one who has too much success.]
n
One who overachieves; one who has too much success.
n
(acting) Someone who overacts.
n
one who overbears or is overbearing
n
A company or individual who overbooks.
n
The act of overcancelling.
v
(transitive) To provide with excessive pay or reward for work performed.
n
One who overcompensates.
n
One who overcomplicates.
v
To be overly deferential.
v
(transitive) To discourage excessively.
n
One who overdoes something.
n
someone who is dominant or has a significant advantage in their field
n
(countable) The amount overdrawn.
n
(economics) A person who overdraws, or has an overdraft.
n
One who overgeneralizes.
n
One who goes over (something); an overcomer, conqueror.
v
(slang) To overestimate.
n
(uncountable, business) Wasted money.
v
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To tend to take responsibility for things one isn't responsible for.
n
One who or that which overloads.
n
A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.
n
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
n
Someone who overperforms.
adj
That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.
n
One who gives too high a rating.
n
One who overreports something.
n
A person who overstates.
v
To think or analyze too much.
adv
Exceeding regular working hours.
n
An employee who works overtime.
v
(finance) To withhold an excess amount of tax for an employee etc., the excess being refunded at a later stage.
n
One who writes too much.
v
(intransitive, Australia, colloquial) To pay a higher price than might be expected or considered reasonable.
n
The act of going past limits or bounds.
n
One who keeps savings more than usual.
n
A relatively great or excessive reward.
n
One who underachieves, i.e. performs less well than expected.
n
The last person to drop out of an auction; the second-highest bidder.
v
To budget a smaller amount that is needed.
v
To represent by a code that indicates a lower level of service than what was provided.
n
One who, or that which, undercuts.
n
One who underdoes something.
n
One who earns too little.
n
One who eats too little.
n
One who underfunds something.
n
One whose personality inclines toward taking revenge by underhand means.
n
The act of so underissuing.
v
(transitive) To keep or maintain inadequately or below standard.
n
(finance) A shortfall; the amount by which the value of an investment purchased on margin falls below the required maintenance amount.
n
One who or that which underperforms, having performance that is below average or below expectations; often specifically a company or stock
v
(transitive, card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
n
Something that, or someone who underproduces
n
One who, or that which, underprops or supports.
n
One who gives too low a rating.
n
One who underreports something.
n
One who achieves an unsatisfactorily low score on a test, etc.
v
To sell goods for a lower price than a competitor.
v
(economics) To raise the price to consumers by less than an underlying cost increase that results from rising taxes.
v
(transitive) To sing beneath, or in accompaniment to; to sing an undersong.
v
To speak at the same time as and more quietly than another.
n
An amount by which an allocated amount is not expended.
n
A person who understates
v
(transitive) To do similar work for a lesser price than; to undercut.
n
The phenomenon whereby, retrospectively, shorter intervals of time tend to be overestimated, and longer intervals of time tend to be underestimated.
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