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overrate

[oh-ver-reyt] / ˌoʊ vərˈreɪt /
VERB
assign too much value, importance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exaggerate magnify overestimate oversell overvalue
STRONG
exceed overpraise
WEAK
assess too highly build up expect too much of make too much of overassess overesteem overprize overreckon rate too highly think too highly of think too much of
Antonyms
STRONGEST
play down
WEAK
underrate undervalue

Example Sentences

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When a movement loses its ability to shape events, it begins to overrate the importance of symbols.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Many massively overrate their chances of success, and they often can’t even imagine the many things that may go wrong with the next idea they are toying with.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024

Still, it's important not to overrate what Carlson's leaving means for Fox News.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2023

“It is hard to overrate the importance of the information received through Blake,” Sergei Ivanov, an official for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, told Russian media in 2007.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2020

And such statements are not the claims of interested propagandists merely,—officials employed by missionary organizations, and hence liable to overrate the character and importance of missions to the nations.

From Religion and the War by Various