as in to overestimate
to place too high a value on
some people overvalue material things
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Recent Examples of overvalue
Price-to-earnings ratios tell you if a stock is overvalued or undervalued.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
Kaufman points to Roxy Music’s 2022 farewell tour as something that was overvalued in America and didn’t have the resonance promoters were expecting from fans.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
The Buffett Indicator is at a record high above 217%, signaling the stock market might be strongly overvalued.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Appetite in artificial intelligence stocks has driven a market frenzy that has sent indices to record highs, with a recent Bank of America survey showing a record 91% of analysts saying US shares were overvalued.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
Kaufman points to Roxy Music’s 2022 farewell tour as something that was overvalued in America and didn’t have the resonance promoters were expecting from fans.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
The Buffett Indicator is at a record high above 217%, signaling the stock market might be strongly overvalued.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Appetite in artificial intelligence stocks has driven a market frenzy that has sent indices to record highs, with a recent Bank of America survey showing a record 91% of analysts saying US shares were overvalued.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overvalue
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In contrast, a breakdown in communication breeds mistrust, which could give rise to harmful mistakes, such as an escalatory spiral from overestimating the threat posed by the other side, or a reckless deployment of AI in conflicts.—
Boris Babic,
Fortune,
3 Jan. 2026
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And the final 2024 revision, issued in February, showed that the 2024 data was overestimated by only 589,000 jobs.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
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Diana Butler Bass, a historian and author of the popular Substack newsletter The Cottage, said Yancey embodied an evangelical Christianity that valued grace and respect for different opinions.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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The round is expected to be led by GIC and Coatue Management, following a $13 billion raise in September that valued the company at $183 billion.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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That’s an admission that Flyers fans should probably appreciate.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Amazingly, Exposure contestants go through hours of practice and performance each day without ever seeming to tire, and along with the competitive spirit, there’s a real sense of community, with skaters constantly encouraging, applauding, and appreciating each other.—
Lonnie Burstein Hewitt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Bruce Smith and Reggie White did not combine for 398 of them by being overrated.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Institutions and citizens of such an order should neither overrate the risk nor underrate their own strength and potential to prevail.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Overvalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overvalue. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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