overrate
verb (used with object)
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate.
overrates
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present tense formof overrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
"I am afraid Mr. Ernst greatly overrates my abilities and my worth," said she, a little constrainedly.
From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Charles Felton Pidgin
