OVERVALUED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

overvalued

verb

past tense of overvalue

as in valued

to place too high a value on some people overvalue material things

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Recent Examples of overvalued Scheels argued this year that the Ada County Assessor’s Office had overvalued its unusual building. — Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026 Analysts said the stock, after a huge surge following the success in a trial of its experimental cancer vaccine for melanoma, is now overvalued. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 Despite the robust results, some analysts suggest BHP's share price, up 41% this year, may be overvalued. — Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The metropolitan statistical area, which includes Warren, Troy and Farmington Hills, is overvalued by about 28% in the second quarter. — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2026 As the rest of the world buys its assets, the reserve currency is structurally overvalued and weakens competitiveness. — Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026 San Diego and the Inland Empire are 25% overvalued, Los Angeles, 19%, San Jose, 17%, San Francisco, 16%, Sacramento, 16% and the East Bay, 11%. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 July 2026 And there’s also the opportunity cost of giving up so much future trade capital in a market where first-round picks are overvalued. — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Financial research firm Morningstar warned that SpaceX was overvalued. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 24 June 2026

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And Asia just so happens to be the second-largest wellness economy in the world, valued at $2 trillion.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026
For 2026 deaths, an estate must be valued at $15 million or more to owe federal estate taxes, the IRS notes.

— Aly J Yale, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

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The model could have overestimated the amount of unstable ISM if cold and warm sections were too close together for the model to tell them apart, McKee said.

— Perri Thaler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
The 1922 Colorado River Compact — the agreement that determines how much of the river’s water to allocate to seven states — simultaneously overestimated the long-term supply of water and underestimated the demand.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

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The markets also overrated Netanyahu’s challenger in Israel, where the race is still too close to call — and where a series of suspicious bets elicited an investigation by Polymarket.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Consensus is overrated Chang likes to argue — with friends, over food.

— Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

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