overvalue
Example Sentences
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She also said they overvalue less-quantifiable perks like exclusive reservations at restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Purplebricks told us price reductions were once a target for rewarding staff, but that is no longer the case, and it does not overvalue properties to win instructions.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
People tend to overvalue the tax break now versus the long-term consequences of a smaller benefit later, she says.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024
A lot of people, when it comes to selling their own collection that they’ve assembled, will overvalue it; whereas if they’re selling a great-aunt’s collection just so they can sell the house, they’ll undervalue it.
From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022
They’re also more likely to remember true “predictions,” overvalue coincidences, and ignore everything else.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
