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to overvalue

to overvalue

13 5.8
To think something is worth more than it really is
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈvæljuː/
translation icon : sobrevalorar
  • Many people tend to overvalue the importance of wealth in achieving happiness.
  • overvalued currency
  • overvalued exchange rate
  • overvalued housing market

I think too many people overvalue their time when their time is worth nothing.

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Examples

  • I think that we overvalue the fame of the people we admire and love.

    FLAGRANT

  • In the case of 1987, the stock market was fundamentally overvalued due to portfolio insurance.

    Blog text (15)

  • I think too many people overvalue their time when their time is worth nothing.

    Evan Carmichael

  • And when you overvalue the wrong things, you can get yourself into a world of pain.

    André Duqum

  • So a lot of people start to overvalue what, like success changes people.

    Ryan Pineda

  • And so I would overvalue those things and devalue experiences.

    Ryan Pineda

  • Because unfortunately, we human beings tend to overvalue what we've lost and we take what we have for granted.

  • So empirically, humans overvalue losses and undervalue gains.

  • With so many investors perceiving stocks as generally overvalued, the results were quite gratifying.

    Blog text (28)

  • Brooks wields his trademark comic sociology to mock modern society for overvaluing professional achievement and academic prestige.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

to overrate
vsto overvalue
50 5.1

To think someone or something is better than they really are

judges monetary or overall value as too high rather than quality only
to overestimate
vsto overvalue
50 4.1

To think something is larger or more important than it really is

values item or quality as too high rather than focusing on size
to overprice
vsto overvalue
1 4.4

To charge more money for something than it is worth

assigns general value too high rather than only a selling price
to overinflate
vsto overvalue
1 5.1

Make something seem much bigger or more important than it is

assigns too high a real worth without needing dramatic exaggeration
to highball
vsto overvalue
  • Informal
1 7.9

To ask for a price higher than is fair

assesses worth too high in general not only as a bargain tactic
to overcapitalize
vsto overvalue
  • Specialized
8.9

Give a business more money or value than it needs

estimates worth too high in general not only in funding terms

Antonyms

to undervalue
2 4.1

Give a lower price than it really is worth

How Valued

to overvalue
13 5.8
value
∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

overvalue infinitive
overvalued past
overvalued past participle
overvaluing present participle
overvalues third person singular

Morphology

overvalue = value (transparent) = over + value

The prefix 'over-' meaning 'excessively' combines directly with 'value' (to assess), so the sense 'assign too high a value' is predictable.

Etymology

The word overvalue combines over ('too much') and value ('worth'). So, to overvalue something is to give it more worth than it really has or to think it is more important than it is.