as in to overestimate
to place too high a value on
I think the critics seriously overrated that movie
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Recent Examples of overrate
Advertisement Good driving is overrated Another thing that links the Drebins is a complete inability to drive safely.
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Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
In their place, The Bad News Bears suggests that losers are sometimes more fun to hang around than the winners, and that winning itself may be overrated.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Trump’s United States may find that, in the dangerous twenty-first century, those splendors are overrated.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
The point is, fancy food is just overrated on this particular holiday.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
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Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
In their place, The Bad News Bears suggests that losers are sometimes more fun to hang around than the winners, and that winning itself may be overrated.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Trump’s United States may find that, in the dangerous twenty-first century, those splendors are overrated.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
The point is, fancy food is just overrated on this particular holiday.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overrate
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Researcher Zach Goldberg found that Americans dramatically overestimate the number of unarmed Black men killed by police while underestimating white victims of police killings.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Your mind is hard-wired to give the under-estimator the power to overestimate any career challenge.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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That way, when you are accepted, you are accepted voluntarily, because people appreciate you and respect you and want you, not because you have been shoved down their throats.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Originally from Ohio, Howard would whisper-speak his lectures to a crowded room, describing with fatigued superiority people (including his family) who couldn’t properly appreciate Nijinsky.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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This evolution in masculinity, where vulnerability and authenticity are valued, moves away from the restrictive path in which the men interviewed by USA TODAY were raised.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Browser Company was valued at $550 million last year.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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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
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Media speculation indicates that the cash reflects Warren Buffett’s belief that corporations are presently overvalued.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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One of Lynne’s favorite stories is how their grandson took to admiring cars when their daughter’s family came to live with them during the pandemic.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Both were viewed by the fashion industry as the types to admire and follow.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Overrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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