overrate
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When a movement loses its ability to shape events, it begins to overrate the importance of symbols.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
"Be careful not to overrate the Russia-China relationship," says Mr Østhagen.
From BBC ● May 23, 2025
Still, it's important not to overrate what Carlson's leaving means for Fox News.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2023
Relationships among leaders can build trust — or destroy it — but presidents often overrate their ability to steer both allies and adversaries.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
British soldiers are by no means men to overrate difficulties, or to hold their enemies at higher than their real value.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
He also says his ideas are more relevant today than ever — especially as Americans develop an anti-science culture that, among other things, drastically overrates the significance of IQ tests.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
Georgetown, which has played the nation's toughest schedule according to the RPI, is ranked 12th despite a 21-10 record, which probably overrates them by 10-20 spots.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2011
Sometimes it seems that Steiner overrates the importance of language; but to him the word is the very essence of humanity.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he underrates his difficulties, or overrates the power of his means of overcoming them, it is his mistake; a mistake for which he is fully responsible.
From The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Abbott, Jacob
I think even dear mamma, who mother-like overrates my charms, never in her rosiest visions dreamed I could command such a high price.
From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
But if she is a delightful, gritty inspiration to some, Moses has always been an overrated “primitive” kept aloft by a winning backstory to others, including many art-world gatekeepers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Last but not least, Lincoln Riley is an overrated head football coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026
Everyone is concentrating on social media, and I think it’s overrated.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
Stablecoin’s run is even more impressive given that its stability is overrated.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025
She’d seen a retrospective of his work and decided he was hugely overrated.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Be wary of overrating Ballage’s 123-yard rushing performance from Week 15.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2018
I think the ensuing disasters were two-pronged failures — overrating the talent on hand, and not making the right moves to improve the team.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2012
To be fair to the pundits, a lot of the overrating has come from Christie himself.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2011
All told, it's best to take away a guy's highlight-reel runs and look at what he does on more ordinary plays so you don't run the risk of overrating him.
From Newsweek ● Sep. 1, 2010
Clergymen, it is said, are wont to err, by overrating the moral principle of men.
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore
