as in to overestimate
to place too high a value on
some people overvalue material things
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Recent Examples of overvalue
Togetherness can never be overvalued Togetherness is a major theme throughout the film, and Sam Wilson has a network of good people who work alongside him.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 14 Feb. 2025
Stocks become overvalued when their prices rise faster than their earnings estimates.
—Jeff Nash, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
With that in mind, our view is that investors will always be better served by studying the underlying fundamentals of companies to determine if a business is being undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued, in the stock market — and then, acting accordingly.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
Management and Tocchet has overvalued big D as a whole and under valued the need to actually pass the puck, large D or not.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 14 Feb. 2025
Stocks become overvalued when their prices rise faster than their earnings estimates.
—Jeff Nash, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
With that in mind, our view is that investors will always be better served by studying the underlying fundamentals of companies to determine if a business is being undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued, in the stock market — and then, acting accordingly.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
Management and Tocchet has overvalued big D as a whole and under valued the need to actually pass the puck, large D or not.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overvalue
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Rowan is not at all concerned that her cousins are going to be wearing her skin like a mask next because Rowan has wildly overestimated her own instincts.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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On the contrary, the movie fatally overestimates the appeal of its monsters and their habitat, and the fun comes to a screeching halt when our characters plunge into the Gorge itself and begin to learn the truth about what their governments have been trying to hide.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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Nuclear power has long been valued for its ability to generate large amounts of electricity without greenhouse gas emissions, but concerns over radioactive waste, safety, and high construction costs have limited its expansion.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Stuart Weitzman was acquired by Tapestry in 2015, when the company snapped up the brand from Sycamore Partners in a transaction valued at $574 million.—
David Moin,
WWD,
19 Feb. 2025
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Their award-winner is a bold and robust expression that caters to those who appreciate intense flavor profiles.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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When Are the 2025 Oscars? Lucky for those on the East Coast who appreciate an early bedtime, the 2025 Oscars are keeping the earlier airtime debuted that during last year.—
Reece Rogers,
WIRED,
28 Feb. 2025
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Fifty years of those same writers then getting wasted at the after party, and loudly telling everybody that Jaws was overrated.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
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Neil Dutta, head of economic research at the Renaissance Macro consultancy, said in a recent note that uncertainty over White House policies is overrated compared with other looming constraints on growth.—
Rob Wile,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Overvalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overvalue. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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