overrate
Americanverb (used with object)
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overrates,
present (3rd person singular)
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overrated,
past participle, past
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overrating
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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overratesimple
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overratessimple
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have overratedperfect
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has overratedperfect
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am overratingprogressive
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are overratingprogressive
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is overratingprogressive
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have been overratingperfect progressive
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has been overratingperfect progressive
Past
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overratedsimple
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had overratedperfect
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was overratingprogressive
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were overratingprogressive
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had been overratingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of overrate
Example Sentences
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“I think people overrate the benefits of decentralization, or how religiously someone has to adhere to it,” said Cosmo Jiang, general partner at crypto venture firm Pantera Capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
"Be careful not to overrate the Russia-China relationship," says Mr Østhagen.
From BBC ● May 23, 2025
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
Whether your amiable politeness does not overrate my capacity to write a 'true woman's letter—full of little significant details and particularities,' remains to be seen.
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes
He also says his ideas are more relevant today than ever — especially as Americans develop an anti-science culture that, among other things, drastically overrates the significance of IQ tests.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
Georgetown, which has played the nation's toughest schedule according to the RPI, is ranked 12th despite a 21-10 record, which probably overrates them by 10-20 spots.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2011
Sometimes it seems that Steiner overrates the importance of language; but to him the word is the very essence of humanity.
From Time Magazine Archive
When on the ground every one overrates his capacity for air work.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
She overrates her strength, does Peachie, and to-day her neuralgia is cruel.
From The Far Horizon by Lucas Malet
Thick skin is overrated, and impostor syndrome isn’t always a bad thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
I guess I’d like to be not quite as underrated — maybe even, dare I say, to be overrated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Liza Prideaux agrees understated decorations are overrated and has embraced "nostalgic, vintage" decor at Christmas for the last two years.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Everyone is concentrating on social media, and I think it’s overrated.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
I wailed in despair, and she told me to stop crying because having arms was totally overrated.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
Lastly, Lee said that the Federal Reserve’s next meeting not being until September will also help support stocks, noting that markets are currently overrating the chances of an interest-rate hike happening next month.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Or am I overrating my own importance as a parent and underrating the resilience kids can have?
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2020
Be wary of overrating Ballage’s 123-yard rushing performance from Week 15.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2018
I think the ensuing disasters were two-pronged failures — overrating the talent on hand, and not making the right moves to improve the team.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2012
Really, Mr Ralli, I fear you are greatly overrating your own sagacity.
From The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific by C.J. Staniland
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