overprice
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of overprice
Example Sentences
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“On the Assembly side, it was a great concern that we did not overprice our constituents,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Among single-family homes, brokers said, the feverish market over the last year has led some sellers to overprice their houses, only to get few or no offers in recent weeks.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
We cannot overstress profits or overprice goods until we have channeled sufficient incomes to households for them to afford higher-priced goods.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2019
If you overprice your house, you run the risk of it sitting on the market for too long.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2016
Federal police said Paulo Bernardo was involved in a scheme at the Planning Ministry to overprice contracts of information technology services from 2010 to 2015.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2016
It’s easy to find bears claiming that this stock, that stock or the entire market is wildly overpriced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
"An overpriced Dubai skyscraper" was among the many critical comments on social media, while lawmaker Gabor Grendel of the opposition Slovensko party called it "the most expensive corn in the world".
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Even those who consider the market overpriced are wary of betting against it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In Seattle, “we have inventory that’s either overpriced or properties that are going on the market not well-prepared,” Junior Torres, a local real-estate agent with Windermere Real Estate, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
But to paraphrase Keynes: in the long run, we’ll all be broke, at least those of us who work for low wages and live in exorbitantly overpriced motels.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
"It seems likely that there is overpricing," he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Many celebrity homes that languish on the market are caused by overpricing, as in the Baldwins’ case, or over-personalization, as with Jordan’s sports palace.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
What’s more, it’s easy to misinterpret overpricing for part of the market as an indication that everything is a bubble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Yu said some recovery was needed from September when "everyone was quite negative on the euro zone economy", but "this is overpricing things".
From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2023
She was acquitted of charges that she headed an illicit organization that engineered bribes and overpricing tied to roadwork projects in Patagonia.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
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