OVEREMPHASIZES Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

overemphasizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of overemphasize

as in exaggerates

to treat (something) with more importance than is needed or proper The teacher tends to overemphasize the value of tests. The importance of a healthy diet cannot be overemphasized.

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Recent Examples of overemphasizes Almost everybody overemphasizes buying the technology and chasing the easy-to-measure things, headcount reduction among them. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Inherent in their definition is a sense of shared fate—a counter to a version of food consumption that overemphasizes individual choice. — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026 If women ski as long as the men do and don’t do it as quickly, that ratio gets out of whack and overemphasizes skiing for the women and not for the men. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026 Finally, advocates can respond to the argument that merit overemphasizes achievements and undervalues people. — Kenji Yoshino, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026

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Armour points to two recent plays, one involving Chelsea Gray and another involving Kiah Stokes, as proof that Clark exaggerates contact and creates false narratives about opposing players.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
The best place to start is a sporting culture that exaggerates accomplishments and rewards capitalistic success before the sporting variety.

— Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of exaggerates

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The piece emphasizes that Californians, especially Democrats and independents, strongly favor voting by mail and already rely on it at very high rates, suggesting that restricting mail ballots would disenfranchise large numbers of lawful voters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
New research into the interior of Mars further emphasizes that the Red Planet is a world of two very different halves.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of emphasizes

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And the wide gap between affluent boomers versus the rest of their peers means the average $515,000 per-household amount overstates what most millennials and Gen Xers will actually receive.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Concerns are overblown Economists told CNBC that the comparison with Japan overstates the immediate danger.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 July 2026

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