overvalue

[oh-ver-val-yoo]

verb (used with object)

overvalued, overvaluing 

1. to value too highly; put too high a value on.

   They should be careful not to overvalue the property.

Other Word Forms

• overvaluation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overvalue¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; over- + value

Example Sentences

The trigger for the midweek selloff seems to have been the Argentine central bank’s Tuesday decision to restrict the purchase of dollars at the official—overvalued—peso rate.

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Wagner also explained that he and his colleagues had no interest in multi-club ownership and that they had explored investing a minority stake in a London side but considered it overvalued before buying into Birmingham.

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"We sometimes overvalue the role of proprietary software in our organisations," Mr Maisto says, pointing out that for key services like word processing and email, open-source solutions work just fine.

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"We are overvaluing properties massively just to gain instructions," said the agent to the whistleblower in a private message.

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But he has now demonstrated that his alleged power and command of business and politics were highly overvalued.

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