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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People are often overestimating the urgency of things unnecessarily.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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But is Trump overestimating the importance of these minerals?—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Stripe last week announced a tender offer that valued the company at $91.5 billion, helping its valuation rebound close to its peak of $95 billion.—
Kate Rooney,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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In order to make improvements, the city has to acquire the land and purchase properties — valued at nearly $22 million total — demolish them and make way for the project.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 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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Interestingly, the survey also found a few tips that consumers actually appreciate.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
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 13 Mar. 2025.
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