overvalue
verb (used with object)
overvaluing
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present participleof overvalue.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“He looks for what people are overvaluing, what they’re undervaluing, and he just changes his personality.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"We are overvaluing properties massively just to gain instructions," said the agent to the whistleblower in a private message.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
Instead, those who are most likely to evade detection are the people trying to hide their income in tax shelters, shifting their profits overseas, exaggerating their business deductions, or overvaluing their charitable donations.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2025
It's not just about overvaluing exercise; it's about not always being realistic about food.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2024
He might perhaps be regarded as overvaluing it with more apparent reason—not, I think, with any reason that is more than apparent.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
