as in to overestimate
to place too high a value on
some people overvalue material things
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Recent Examples of overvalue
Amid this lengthy bull market, however, some stocks could be overvalued.
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
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
How Micron Stock Can 2x Looking forward, even after this increase, Micron does not appear to be overvalued.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Tesla critics say that the stock has become grossly overvalued because of Wall Street’s willingness to buy into Musk’s vision of the future in terms of AI, self-driving vehicles and robots, despite its failures to deliver on past promises along those lines.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
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
How Micron Stock Can 2x Looking forward, even after this increase, Micron does not appear to be overvalued.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Tesla critics say that the stock has become grossly overvalued because of Wall Street’s willingness to buy into Musk’s vision of the future in terms of AI, self-driving vehicles and robots, despite its failures to deliver on past promises along those lines.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overvalue
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But if our models haven't treated abundances properly, the cooling time has likely been overestimated.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
27 Oct. 2025
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In short, people tend to overestimate how much their feelings come across to others.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the high-flying dot-com days, AOL also engineered what is widely considered among the worst mega-mergers ever with its deal for Time Warner to create AOL Time Warner, completed in January 2001, which was valued at a staggering $350 billion at the time.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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The total package over his two-and-a-half-year current contract is valued at $150 million, which includes equity in the club upon his retirement.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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Pokémon fans will appreciate Jhené Aiko's 2019 Halloween costume as Ash Ketchum, the franchise's protagonist.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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That’s consistently overrated as a factor.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Both the Aggies and Fighting Irish ended up being overrated, but a win like that is still a big win.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Overvalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overvalue. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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