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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One apparent bias: Betting markets tend to overrate underdogs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Many massively overrate their chances of success, and they often can’t even imagine the many things that may go wrong with the next idea they are toying with.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
Still, it's important not to overrate what Carlson's leaving means for Fox News.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2023
Relationships among leaders can build trust — or destroy it — but presidents often overrate their ability to steer both allies and adversaries.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
An almanac seems a common thing, but it is impossible to overrate the prodigious accumulations of science that go to make up an almanac.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Charles Knight
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
She is," replied the blind man; "but I think my son overrates her zeal on my account.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Eugène Sue
If he underrates his difficulties, or overrates the power of his means of overcoming them, it is his mistake; a mistake for which he is fully responsible.
From The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Jacob Abbott
But in the current media landscape, consistency is overrated.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
We came to Park City to argue, to coalesce around favorites, to hate on the overrated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 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
Stablecoin’s run is even more impressive given that its stability is overrated.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025
“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
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
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
To be fair to the pundits, a lot of the overrating has come from Christie himself.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2011
But he was wrong, and, we are convinced, ruinously wrong, by most extravagantly overrating that one advantage.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
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