overemphasize

Fishing industry representatives say the current administration is overemphasizing offshore wind in decarbonization efforts when it should be pushing more into other renewable energy options.
U.S. Fishermen Are Making Their Last Stand Against Offshore Wind|Alejandro de la Garza|September 30, 2021|Time
I think we’ve overemphasized efficiency over just helping people.
She’s From the Government, and She’s Here to Help (Ep. 466)|Stephen J. Dubner|June 17, 2021|Freakonomics
You can’t overemphasize the kind of trauma felt by kind of public officials and policy intellectuals seeing America’s prosperity as a permanent feature of the landscape, then watch it just kind of melt away.
The Trailer: Seven questions for the new political year|David Weigel|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
Willingham notes that history, science and culture have overemphasized the role of the member in our lives.
‘Phallacy’ deflates myths about the penises of the animal kingdom|Bethany Brookshire|November 3, 2020|Science News

Geographically accurate maps therefore overemphasize the electoral importance of physically big states.
Election graphics can be deceiving. Here’s how to see through their tricks.|Sara Chodosh|September 22, 2020|Popular-Science
I cannot overemphasize how unimpressed I was by her over the course of two hours.
Justice Roberts Shines|David Frum|March 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It is practically impossible to overemphasize the importance of the boy's vocational choice.
The Minister and the Boy|Allan Hoben
Never overemphasize one of the dimensions of height, width and depth at the expense of one of the others.
How to Prepare and Serve a Meal and Interior Decoration|Lillian B. Lansdown
Sevčik was in many ways a wonderful teacher, yet inclined to overemphasize the mechanical side of the art.
Violin Mastery|Frederick H. Martens
It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of having a standard method of procedure and to stick to that method.
The Automobile Storage Battery|O. A. Witte
As specialists in education, you and I are likely to overemphasize the importance of the common school in the scheme of creation.
Craftsmanship in Teaching|William Chandler Bagley

British Dictionary definitions for overemphasize

overemphasize

overemphasise

/ (ˌəʊvərˈɛmfəˌsaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to give excessive emphasis or prominence to (something)

Derived forms of overemphasize

overemphasis, noun

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