overrate

[oh-ver-reyt]

verb (used with object)

overrated, overrating 

1. to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate.

   I think you overrate their political influence.

   Synonyms: magnify, overpraise

overrate

/ ˌəʊvəˈreɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to assess too highly

Word History and Origins

Origin of overrate¹

First recorded in 1580–90; over- + rate ¹

Example Sentences

After watching his performance against unranked Utah, he has to be the most overrated transfer in the country.

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Do you think, as Oliver does, that Jane Austen is overrated and limited in scope?

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Never one to miss an opportunity to be provocative, the controversial Australian responded to Raducanu's run by calling coaches "overrated".

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Early in my life, as a boy, a teenager and a young adult, I regarded money as vastly overrated.

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Jones called Djokovic "overrated" and a "has been" before adding "kick him out" - a reference to the player's 2022 deportation from Australia.

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Related Words

• exaggerate 
• magnify 
• overestimate 
• oversell 
• overvalue