overrate
verb (used with object)
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate.
had overrated
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past perfectof overrate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Intelligence had overrated Soviet production, Charlie Wilson ordered 6-52 production stepped down from the theoretical 20 to 15.
From Time Magazine Archive
They feared he had overrated his ability, but were ready to applaud his pluck.
From The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus by Horatio Alger
Each, in short, had overrated the influence which Sickingen really possessed with the Emperor.
From Life of Luther by Julius Koestlin
He soon informed Mr. Hastings that his expectations were erroneous, and that he had overrated the country.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Egon rose to dress after Wangen had left him, but he found that he had overrated his strength.
From Quicksands by Adolph Streckfuss
