Antonyms for overvalue
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-val-yoo |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈvæl yu |
Definition of overvalue
- As in miscalculate : verb make a mistake
- As in overdo : verb go to extremes; carry too far
- As in overrate : verb assign too much value, importance
- As in misestimate : verb miscalculate
- As in misreckon : verb miscalculate
- And as a fiction of science, it would be difficult to overvalue this invention.
- Extract from : « Aids to Reflection » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- I may overvalue your aid, but not the affection from which it comes.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 70, No. 433, November 1851 » by Various
- To this end, overvalue not any private or singular opinions of your own or others.
- Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
- It stakes us happy to overvalue each other; let us keep that illusion.
- Extract from : « Master Olof » by August Strindberg
- We overvalue intellectual as compared with moral and emotional gifts.
- Extract from : « Atlantic Classics, Second Series » by Henry C. Merwin
- Value by all means your English liberty, but do not overvalue it.
- Extract from : « Practical Religion » by John Charles Ryle
- It is hardly possible to overvalue ourselves but by undervaluing our neighbors.
- Extract from : « Many Thoughts of Many Minds » by Various
- A man of that type is sure to overvalue his own strength; but look at him, citizen Heron.
- Extract from : « El Dorado » by Baroness Orczy
- I know not what wit in a woman is good for, but to make her overvalue herself, and despise every other person.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- But while I bid men not undervalue English liberty, so also on the other hand I charge them not to overvalue it.
- Extract from : « Practical Religion » by John Charles Ryle
Synonyms for overvalue
- amplify
- assess too highly
- be intemperate
- belabor
- bite off too much
- blow
- blunder
- build up
- discount
- disregard
- do to death
- drive oneself
- drop the ball
- err
- exaggerate
- exceed
- expect too much of
- fatigue
- get signals crossed
- get wrong
- go overboard
- go too far
- go wrong
- hype
- lay it on
- magnify
- make federal case
- make too much of
- mess up
- misconstrue
- miscount
- misestimate
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misread
- misreckon
- miss by a mile
- misunderstand
- mix up
- not know when to stop
- overassess
- overburden
- overesteem
- overestimate
- overindulge
- overload
- overlook
- overplay
- overpraise
- overprize
- overrate
- overreach
- overreckon
- oversell
- overstate
- overtax
- overtire
- overuse
- overvalue
- overwork
- pile on
- pressure
- puff
- rate too highly
- run into the ground
- run riot
- slip up
- strain oneself
- stretch
- stumble
- talk big
- think too highly of
- think too much of
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- wear down
- wear oneself out
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