OVERVALUES Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

overvalues

verb

present tense third-person singular of overvalue

as in values

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

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Recent Examples of overvalues Some think that price tag significantly overvalues the company. — ABC News, 12 June 2026 By including rising rents into the calculation for how much landlord expenses are increasing, the data overvalues landlord expenses to justify further rent increases. — Joanne Grell, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026

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Decisions slow down, silos develop, and conflict increases because people aren’t operating from the same definition of what the organization values.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Prince William keeps a less strict schedule, but also values the time to recharge away from the spotlight.

— Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 2 Aug. 2026

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The current argument overestimates how fast AI is overtaking and replacing the SaaS landscape.

— Tyler Hochman, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Hopkins is, perhaps, the closest thing this story has to a Kornev—a principled outsider who ultimately overestimates the value of his own empathy and knowledge.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026

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As detailed by The Athletic in 2023, Silva admires former Benfica defender Ruben Dias, now of Manchester City.

— Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 31 July 2026
The obvious gem of the collection is the attention-getting title story, about the Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro, who died in 2024 — and whose complex, layered short fiction Aviv admires.

— Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

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