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Definition of overrate in English: overrateverb əʊvəˈreɪtˌoʊvərˈreɪt [with object]often as adjective overratedHave a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved. Example sentencesExamples - Last night I gave you one of the most overrated operas in the repertory; tonight it's one of the most underrated.
- Sagittarians tend to overrate the benefits of activity.
- Traditional plus-minus systems tend to overrate average players on good teams and underrate good players on lousy ones.
- In your opinion, who is the most overrated celebrity today?
- Communication is heavily overrated as a means of resolving issues and accomplishing things.
- This would also get rid of problem number two, which is cleanliness - a very overrated virtue.
- You may now safely consider me to have overrated the movie.
- There are those who say that he is overrated on some counts - that he made some bad Beethoven recordings, and so on.
- The press failed just as miserably in New Hampshire - but this time by overestimating and overrating him.
- It would not be his fault if he were overrated; it would be the fault of the (mostly white) writers who overrate him.
- That being said, I would like to repeat something that I've said before: namely, that I think that America overrates the importance of a college education.
- I believe this to be the true king of the jungle and not that overrated pretender, the lion.
- The existence of one billion squatters might suggest that ownership is overrated.
- ‘A vast array of individuals seriously overrate the importance of money in making themselves, and others, happy,’ said the strategist in a recent memo to clients.
- Conversely, nurses overrated emotional needs of patients as indicators of caring.
- Self-esteem is not overrated - it is critical in a healthy, balanced human being.
- Conversation is overrated anyway, though don't tell that to the waiters here.
- On the other hand, maybe sanity is overrated, and a decent sabbatical from fiction is just what my brain needs to come up with loads of exciting new ideas.
- Dignity is overrated, especially when surrounded by so much spangle and sequin.
- I'm also of the opinion that both the product marketers and the idea marketers are vastly overrating the level of influence weblogs have attained.
Synonyms assess too highly, overestimate, overvalue, rate/prize too highly, think too much of, exaggerate the worth of, attach too much importance to praise too highly, exaggerate the merits of, over-praise, oversell, glorify, magnify informal blow up rare overprize
Definition of overrate in US English: overrateverbˌoʊvərˈreɪtˌōvərˈrāt [with object]often as adjective overratedHave a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved. dismissing the work as pompous and overrated Example sentencesExamples - Self-esteem is not overrated - it is critical in a healthy, balanced human being.
- Conversely, nurses overrated emotional needs of patients as indicators of caring.
- It would not be his fault if he were overrated; it would be the fault of the (mostly white) writers who overrate him.
- I believe this to be the true king of the jungle and not that overrated pretender, the lion.
- There are those who say that he is overrated on some counts - that he made some bad Beethoven recordings, and so on.
- You may now safely consider me to have overrated the movie.
- Last night I gave you one of the most overrated operas in the repertory; tonight it's one of the most underrated.
- The existence of one billion squatters might suggest that ownership is overrated.
- Communication is heavily overrated as a means of resolving issues and accomplishing things.
- I'm also of the opinion that both the product marketers and the idea marketers are vastly overrating the level of influence weblogs have attained.
- On the other hand, maybe sanity is overrated, and a decent sabbatical from fiction is just what my brain needs to come up with loads of exciting new ideas.
- Traditional plus-minus systems tend to overrate average players on good teams and underrate good players on lousy ones.
- Conversation is overrated anyway, though don't tell that to the waiters here.
- Sagittarians tend to overrate the benefits of activity.
- In your opinion, who is the most overrated celebrity today?
- This would also get rid of problem number two, which is cleanliness - a very overrated virtue.
- Dignity is overrated, especially when surrounded by so much spangle and sequin.
- That being said, I would like to repeat something that I've said before: namely, that I think that America overrates the importance of a college education.
- The press failed just as miserably in New Hampshire - but this time by overestimating and overrating him.
- ‘A vast array of individuals seriously overrate the importance of money in making themselves, and others, happy,’ said the strategist in a recent memo to clients.
Synonyms assess too highly, overestimate, overvalue, prize too highly, rate too highly, think too much of, exaggerate the worth of, attach too much importance to
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