overvalue
verb
over·val·ue
ˌō-vər-ˈval-(ˌ)yü 
overvalued; overvaluing; overvalues
1
: to assign an excessive value to
overvalue a stock
2
: to value too highly : place too much importance on
overvalued his contribution to the group's effort
Examples of overvalue in a Sentence
He overvalues the opinions of his friends.
some people overvalue material things
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The positive sentiment came even as two-thirds of the traders believe the market is overvalued, the survey said.
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Yun Li, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Two out of three traders believe the market is overvalued, according to Charles Schwab’s quarterly trader client sentiment survey.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
The Chinese company's tech is raising questions about whether demand for Nvidia's chips could take a hit, as well as whether investors are overvaluing tech stocks that have been buoyed by the promise of AI, from Meta to Microsoft, experts said.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
The bearish case against SoFi is that the shares are overvalued.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Yun Li, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Two out of three traders believe the market is overvalued, according to Charles Schwab’s quarterly trader client sentiment survey.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
The Chinese company's tech is raising questions about whether demand for Nvidia's chips could take a hit, as well as whether investors are overvaluing tech stocks that have been buoyed by the promise of AI, from Meta to Microsoft, experts said.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
The bearish case against SoFi is that the shares are overvalued.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overvalue
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overvalue
verb
over·val·ue
-ˈval-yü
1
: to give an excessive value to
overvalue a stock
2
: to value too highly : place too much importance on
overvalued the opinions of others
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