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
Judge’s talent for observation has always served as a reminder of how overrated its helpmate, conclusion, is.
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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
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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
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Here, Gazdecki joins Big Think for a chat about when to let go and when to hold on, the dangers of overestimating one’s own ability, and why sometimes the smartest decisions are also the most difficult to make.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
6 Oct. 2025
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This extra information could have saved the lives of tourists who overestimate their hiking resilience, unhoused people unsure of their options to cool down and senior citizens who wait too long to ask for help — all causes of heat deaths every summer in Arizona.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Real estate typically appreciates, which adds to the homeowner’s wealth.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Learning about applications of research with visible societal impacts can help people understand and appreciate the role of funding in the scientific enterprise.—
Ryan Summers,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Records of boxwood plantings date back to the 1700s, and Ohio nurseries' boxwood inventory is valued at over $200 million, the blog reports, citing the Ohio Department of Agriculture.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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Switzerland, like Germany, built its 20th-century industrial economy on training and valuing all types of workers—those that work with their hands and those that work at a desk.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Doing so, as Buffett argued in 2001, can be used to gauge whether the stock market is overvalued or undervalued relative to the size of the wider economy.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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That means Magnificent Seven stocks are historically overvalued.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Try the roughly two-mile Hickman Bridge Trail to admire the canyon and walk beneath the 300-foot Hickman Bridge, a natural sandstone arch.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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The mountains are awash with vibrant autumnal hues, which can be admired by driving the Catskill Mountains Scenic Byway, biking the Catskill Scenic Trail, or hiking the many trails with sweeping views of the area.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Overrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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