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Recent Examples of overrate Judge’s talent for observation has always served as a reminder of how overrated its helpmate, conclusion, is. Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025 Advertisement Good driving is overrated Another thing that links the Drebins is a complete inability to drive safely. Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025 In their place, The Bad News Bears suggests that losers are sometimes more fun to hang around than the winners, and that winning itself may be overrated. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 25 July 2025 Trump’s United States may find that, in the dangerous twenty-first century, those splendors are overrated. Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for overrate
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Verb
  • But if our models haven't treated abundances properly, the cooling time has likely been overestimated.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In short, people tend to overestimate how much their feelings come across to others.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Keep in mind, there are also often guest service perks available; Ali shares that visitors appreciate Langham’s butler suite services, which include unpacking, ironing, and arranging wardrobes for guests.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Pokémon fans will appreciate Jhené Aiko's 2019 Halloween costume as Ash Ketchum, the franchise's protagonist.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mark Walter agreed to buy the Los Angeles Lakers in a deal that values the NBA team at $10 billion, although that has not yet been approved.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Today the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awards more than 70 scholarships valued at up to $15,000 each with funds augmented by corporate and individual donors.
    Margaret Buranen, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With stocks potentially overvalued, some investors are content to sit on the sidelines.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Following Tesla’s disappointing quarterly earnings on Wednesday, Fortune’s Shawn Tully argues that the company’s stock is vastly overvalued, propped up by CEO Elon Musk’s promises of future innovations.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Someone remembers him admiring her dachshunds.
    Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • While no longer a school after its closure in 1992, lovers of the film can still admire the property's exterior.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Overrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrate. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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