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overvalue

[ oh-ver-val-yoo ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈvæl yu /

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verb (used with object), o·ver·val·ued, o·ver·val·u·ing.

to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.

Words nearby overvalue

overtrick, overtrump, overture, overturn, overuse, overvalue, overview, overvoltage, overwatch, overwear, overweary

Origin of overvalue

First recorded in 1590–1600; over- + value

OTHER WORDS FROM overvalue

o·ver·val·u·a·tion, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for overvalue

His impressive manner of delivering his words148 made one overvalue the freight they carried.
The Plum Tree|David Graham Phillips
To govern mankind, one must not overrate them: and to please an audience, as a speaker, one must not overvalue it.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son|The Earl of Chesterfield
But while I bid men not undervalue English liberty, so also on the other hand I charge them not to overvalue it.
Practical Religion|John Charles Ryle
It stakes us happy to overvalue each other; let us keep that illusion.
Master Olof|August Strindberg

Value by all means your English liberty, but do not overvalue it.
Practical Religion|John Charles Ryle

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