overvalue
Example Sentences
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“We all tend to overvalue the things that we own,” he explained.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
Purplebricks told us it doesn't overvalue properties and that while price reductions were once a target for rewarding staff, that was no longer the case.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
People tend to overvalue the tax break now versus the long-term consequences of a smaller benefit later, she says.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024
But all of those examples show that Leonsis seems to value — perhaps even overvalue — the assets he has.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022
They’re also more likely to remember true “predictions,” overvalue coincidences, and ignore everything else.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
