as in to overestimate
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Recent Examples of overprice
Everyone’s got money, there’s a lot of screaming and things are overpriced.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 May 2025
The bill also includes provisions aimed at reducing the price of prescription drugs by adding new requirements for pharmacy benefit managers to prevent them from overpricing medication.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 18 May 2025
Now, buyers will wait for the right home and show little interest in homes that need updates or are overpriced.
—Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025
There has been a mixed reaction online, as some thought the item was overpriced, while others defended the price tag because the sweaters are so sought-after.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 May 2025
The bill also includes provisions aimed at reducing the price of prescription drugs by adding new requirements for pharmacy benefit managers to prevent them from overpricing medication.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 18 May 2025
Now, buyers will wait for the right home and show little interest in homes that need updates or are overpriced.
—Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025
There has been a mixed reaction online, as some thought the item was overpriced, while others defended the price tag because the sweaters are so sought-after.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overprice
Verb
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Better to overestimate our flaws than to fail to see them in the first place.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Tellis argues that India overestimates its influence on the world stage while lacking the economic heft, military capacity, and alliances to back its great-power ambitions.—
Nirupama Rao,
Foreign Affairs,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Some analysts think the market is heavily overvalued and thus due for a correction.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
13 Aug. 2025
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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
Verb
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Advertisement Good driving is overrated Another thing that links the Drebins is a complete inability to drive safely.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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Did Pogacar’s win show Visma’s super-squad approach is overrated? Waugh: Overrated would be a stretch.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Former Denver restaurateur Alex Gurevich has been sued by the buyer of his auto body shop, who claims that Gurevich used false financials to inflate a $4.4 million sales price.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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Another founder reclassified expenses to inflate margins.—
Shayne Fitz-Coy,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Overprice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overprice. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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