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.

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Origin of overvalue

First recorded in 1590–1600; over- + value

OTHER WORDS FROM overvalue

o·ver·val·u·a·tion, noun

Words nearby overvalue

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How to use overvalue in a sentence

Plus, he adds, it would be worse to undervalue, rather than overvalue, our fish, wildlife, and natural spaces.
Is It Finally Time for the Backpack Tax?|syadron|August 19, 2021|Outside Online
“Video games seem to carry an abnormal amount of risk due to the increasingly competitive landscape and fluctuation of large game studios and teams who, in my opinion, are overvalued with linear business models,” Chapman said.
Investors are flocking to video gaming, but be wary of esports, SPACs, advisors say|Ellen Zavian|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
Even the executives of runaway shares like Tesla, Snowflake, and Airbnb have suggested their companies are overvalued.
Who will pop the GameStop bubble?|Roya Wolverson|February 1, 2021|Quartz
As the overvalued stocks become more overvalued, “eventually you’ll see crashing,” says Jiang.
The fundamental flaw in cap-weighted index funds|Geoffrey Colvin|January 7, 2021|Fortune

An overvalued IPO can attract employees with the promise of wealth, dependent on a mega valuation.
TikTok’s unusual spinoff: 4 outstanding advertiser concerns|Lara O'Reilly|September 22, 2020|Digiday
People overvalue information relative to curiosity, because curiosity brings you the information.
The Curious Passions of Mr. Cosmos: Neil deGrasse Tyson On Space, Climate, and Why Curiosity Wins Every Time|Scott Bixby|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had, as we have seen, his limitations—his bias to overvalue one order of qualities, and to disparage others.
Robert Burns|Principal Shairp.
Amongst scholars there is a disposition to overvalue it, and to develop out of it something which must be called "historyism."
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
If you succeed in making him overvalue himself, the poor rogue will be capable only of the lowest kind of trash!
Such is Life|Frank Wedekind
We still overvalue ancient knowledge and former educational values.
Rural Problems of Today|Ernest R. Groves
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