as in to overestimate
to place too high a value on
some people overvalue material things
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Recent Examples of overvalue
One recent report estimated that real estate statewide was overvalued by $50 billion based on flood risks alone.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
This means that investors are paying 165 times the company’s earnings for each share, which, when translated, means that the stock is overvalued.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Homeowners can sometimes use sales that signal lower valuations to challenge their tax assessments, arguing that their property is overvalued relative to recent market activity.
—William Jones, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Despite the immense growth opportunity, the shares are extremely overvalued at a forward PE of 76.8 and compared to their intrinsic value.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
This means that investors are paying 165 times the company’s earnings for each share, which, when translated, means that the stock is overvalued.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Homeowners can sometimes use sales that signal lower valuations to challenge their tax assessments, arguing that their property is overvalued relative to recent market activity.
—William Jones, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Despite the immense growth opportunity, the shares are extremely overvalued at a forward PE of 76.8 and compared to their intrinsic value.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overvalue
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Communication: The Make-Or-Break Skill Sometimes executive leaders can overestimate their communication abilities.—
ByMary Elizabeth Bradford,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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But financial experts told USA TODAY people generally overestimate their earnings and underestimate their spending.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Numbers don’t mean much if women or non-White soldiers don’t feel valued and heard.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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That same year, Skims was valued at more than a billion dollars.—
M. J. Corey,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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Shepperson said his brother B.J. loved horses and would have really appreciated what this program is doing to help other veterans.—
Kennedy Hayes,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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Clara Karger, a spokesperson for Bass, said her boss appreciates that the council gave the authority for the LAPD to increase recruitment — adding as much as 480 officers — if financial circumstances improve.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Or even my rants against In-N-Out, which is overrated.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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Their initial encounter is soured by Oliver, who teaches literature at a university, calling his great great great great aunt’s oeuvre overrated and limited in scope.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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