overrate

verb

ˈō-vər-ˌrāt How to pronounce overrate (audio)
Definition of overratenext
as in to overestimate
to place too high a value on I think the critics seriously overrated that movie

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Recent Examples of overrate During a recent segment of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, the host, 51, discussed whether or not engagement rings are overrated, and if couples should turn to more practical alternatives. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 Matching Furniture Sets Matching sets, whether matching bedroom sets or a matching part of end tables, are overrated, shares Brooke Sabia of Phase 4 Design Group. — Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026 However, like many old wives’ tales, this one might be overrated. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 1 Apr. 2026 Critics on social media starting suggesting that maybe Messi’s 2026 team was overrated. — Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overrate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overrate
  1. overestimate
  2. appreciate
  3. value
  4. overvalue
  5. admire
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  • But both industries may have overestimated an entertainment economy increasingly comfortable confusing quantity with quality.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 July 2026
  • Historian Sandgruber describes how Alois Hitler wrote his 1895 letters in a deeply smug, anti-clerical manner that overestimated his abilities.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Definition of overestimate
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  • Wider Michelin tires come standard, as does enhanced regenerative braking and handy access panels to make servicing easier – a feature your mechanic will certainly appreciate.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 July 2026
  • Highbrow reviewers didn't always appreciate their brilliance back then, but looking back all these decades later, many of the best examples still stand up now.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of appreciate
Verb
  • Empathy and active listening appear among the 10 core skills employers value most, alongside analytical thinking, resilience and creativity.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • But this view risks fetishizing embodiment and emotion, much the same way that previous generations valued reason and language to an outsized degree to prove that humans are distinct from animals.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026
Definition of value
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  • This year, the sector has seen more volatile trade, as investors have questioned whether companies can meet the growing demand and whether some pockets of the industry are overvalued.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • The conventional wisdom in sports finance is that American franchises—the NFL, NBA, MLB—are grotesquely overvalued by any traditional metric.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 June 2026
Definition of overvalue
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  • The obvious gem of the collection is the attention-getting title story, about the Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro, who died in 2024 — and whose complex, layered short fiction Aviv admires.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • With caffeine in hand, stroll to Davidson College’s Historic Quad to admire the Greek Revival architecture featured in landmarks like the columned Chambers Building (the center of academic life) and Philanthropic Hall (dating back to 1850).
    — Brennan Long, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
Definition of admire

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