Definition of overrate
: to rate, value, or estimate too highly
- overrates his importance to the team
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Examples of overrate in a Sentence
The coach tends to overrate the players on his own team.
I think the critics seriously overrated that movie.
Recent Examples of overrate from the Web
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Narcissists tend to overrate their talents and respond with anger to criticism.
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The company arguably overrates its pipeline, but has several promising medicines in development.
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These findings show us that total recall can be overrated.
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Other senior White House officials carried a similar message to their employees Friday, telling more junior staffers that reports of a big shake-up happening imminently are likely overrated.
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Appearance is overrated, a mere sensation in the eyes (or brain) produced by shape, color and motion and conditioned a good deal by society and association.
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Reinert sat down with Billboard recently to talk about legacy artists, being a theater geek, and why owning your own copyrights might actually be overrated.
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As my friend Nick Mason put it on Twitter last night, legacy is overrated — if not irrelevant — in the making of good teams.
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First Known Use of overrate
1599
OVERRATE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of overrate for English Language Learners
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: to rate, value, or praise (someone or something) too highly
OVERRATE Defined for Kids
Definition of overrate for Students
overrated;
overrating
: to value or praise too highly
- The restaurant is overrated.
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