as in valued
to place too high a value on
some people overvalue material things
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Recent Examples of overvalued
Wells Fargo reiterates Tesla as underweight Wells said Tesla shares are overvalued.
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Michael Bloom, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Still, surely stocks are overvalued?
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 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
That means Magnificent Seven stocks are historically overvalued.
—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
Michael Bloom, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Still, surely stocks are overvalued?
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 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
That means Magnificent Seven stocks are historically overvalued.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overvalued
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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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Their perspective seems to point to the fact that more practical, hard skills—such as how credit scores work, or how to pay off credit card debt—are valued over the soft skills that great works of literature might impress on young minds.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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Has Starmer overestimated the public’s appetite for complexity?—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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However, a new set of observations from telescopes around the world, including the VLT and combined with radar data, has shown how astronomers had overestimated KY26's properties.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Make sure your offerings are appreciated while Venus moves through people-pleasing Libra.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Admission is free, but voluntary donations are appreciated.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
13 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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“Overvalued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overvalued. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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