overrate
verb (used with object)
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate.
have overrated
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present perfectof overrate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps we have overrated roots as a psychic need.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
“When you have seen more of this country, I am afraid you will think you have overrated Hartfield. Surry is full of beauties.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Having seen Elleray at all times under these favourable circumstances, it is certainly not impossible that I may unconsciously have overrated in some degree its pretensions in comparison with some rival scenes.
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by James Hogg
They seem to have overrated the power of Spain, which certainly could not have conquered them.
From The Problem of China by Bertrand Russell
"Perhaps I have overrated my strength—it's a fault of mine," was his smiling reply, "I shall be perfectly well after a night's rest."
From His Sombre Rivals by Edward Payson Roe
