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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Discovery is overvaluing the global networks business, which is not included in the deal with Netflix, and believes the business may be worth nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Panorama also investigated the online estate agency Purplebricks, after we heard concerns it had been trying to attract sellers by overvaluing properties.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
Some investors complain that the deal undervalues the holdings of Paramount shareholders while overvaluing Skydance, further diluting the value of Paramount’s stock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2024
He and his firm lied to their 120 investors about where their money was going while dramatically overvaluing holdings to justify extortionist management fees.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2023
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
