as in to overestimate
to place too high a value on
some people overvalue material things
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Recent Examples of overvalue
That means Magnificent Seven stocks are historically overvalued.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Sep. 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
The selloff signaled investor fears that tech stocks, which have soared from April lows, are overvalued, while Washington’s growing interference in the sector has also raised alarms.
—Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Sep. 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
The selloff signaled investor fears that tech stocks, which have soared from April lows, are overvalued, while Washington’s growing interference in the sector has also raised alarms.
—Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overvalue
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The new study could be overestimating tramadol’s benefits, Jakobsen said.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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But if studies focus only on patients with the most acute symptoms, researchers may overestimate the effects of primary variants and miss the subtler role that secondary variants may play in how a disease develops.—
Santhosh Girirajan,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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My values include the beliefs that all of our students should feel safe, respected, and valued in our schools, that decisions should be made on the best available evidence and data, that our kids are not political pawns, that inclusion creates opportunity, and that schools shouldn’t ban books.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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The people hiring them, on the other hand, are looking for employees who value achievement, learning, and hard work.—
Suzy Welch,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Although Florida is known for its excellent largemouth bass fishing, South Florida has a couple of exotic species that local anglers appreciate even more — peacock bass and snakeheads.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Like the Earth sign, the righteous dog detective Scooby doesn't appreciate confrontation and gets frightened in scary situations.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
10 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 17 Oct. 2025.
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