1. Plural of overprediction; instances in which something is predicted or forecast to be greater in amount, extent, or likelihood than it actually turns out to be.
Usage: Commonly used in scientific, statistical, and forecasting contexts.; Often appears in academic and technical writing.

Examples

• The climate model's overpredictions of temperature rise were corrected in the latest version.
• Analysts acknowledged the overpredictions in their initial sales projections.
• Several overpredictions in the economic forecast led to policy adjustments.
• The study examined common overpredictions made by weather forecasters.
• Overpredictions of pandemic severity sometimes caused unnecessary public alarm.
• Machine learning models are prone to overpredictions when trained on biased data.