overvalue
verb
over·val·ue
ˌō-vər-ˈval-(ˌ)yü 
overvalued; overvaluing; overvalues
1
: to assign an excessive value to
overvalue a stock
2
: to value too highly : place too much importance on
overvalued his contribution to the group's effort
Examples of overvalue in a Sentence
He overvalues the opinions of his friends.
some people overvalue material things
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Some analysts think the market is heavily overvalued and thus due for a correction.
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Then there’s Palantir, a company many love to call overvalued, yet whose growth and margins continue to defy gravity.
—Daniel Newman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The stock, which several analysts say is wildly overvalued (with a market cap valuing it at around 100 times its annual revenue), has shot up nearly 600% from a year ago.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Almost half, or 45.6%, of individual investors say stocks in general are overvalued, according to the latest weekly poll conducted by the American Association of Individual Investors.
—Brian Evans,pia Singh, CNBC, 31 July 2025
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Then there’s Palantir, a company many love to call overvalued, yet whose growth and margins continue to defy gravity.
—Daniel Newman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The stock, which several analysts say is wildly overvalued (with a market cap valuing it at around 100 times its annual revenue), has shot up nearly 600% from a year ago.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Almost half, or 45.6%, of individual investors say stocks in general are overvalued, according to the latest weekly poll conducted by the American Association of Individual Investors.
—Brian Evans,pia Singh, CNBC, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for overvalue
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“Overvalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overvalue. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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overvalue
verb
over·val·ue
-ˈval-yü
1
: to give an excessive value to
overvalue a stock
2
: to value too highly : place too much importance on
overvalued the opinions of others
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