OVERVALUES Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

overvalues

verb

present tense third-person singular of overvalue

as in values

to place too high a value on some people overvalue material things

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Recent Examples of overvalues Some think that price tag significantly overvalues the company. — ABC News, 12 June 2026 By including rising rents into the calculation for how much landlord expenses are increasing, the data overvalues landlord expenses to justify further rent increases. — Joanne Grell, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026

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The free market rate is different from the official rate, which values the rial 29% higher against the US dollar.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
At the top of the range, the offering values Shein at roughly $27 billion — a fraction of its pandemic-era peak valuation.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of values

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The critic's power stems from the brain's inherent negativity bias, a survival mechanism that overestimates threats.

— Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Hopkins is, perhaps, the closest thing this story has to a Kornev—a principled outsider who ultimately overestimates the value of his own empathy and knowledge.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026

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Bucci admires the modern show’s scale, organization and ambition, describing it as a festival of show jumping, with world-class facilities, footing, hospitality and stabling.

— Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The backstory Once upon a time, there was a Spanish family blessed with a talent for finding historic buildings and transforming them into hotels that anyone who admires beauty and nature would want to visit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

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