overrate

One apparent bias: Betting markets tend to overrate underdogs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

“It is hard to overrate the importance of the information received through Blake,” Sergei Ivanov, an official for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, told Russian media in 2007.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2020

It may be said in answer to this question, first, that in the case of none of the traits do all the individuals consistently either overrate or underrate themselves.

From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Harry L. Hollingworth

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

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 Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

Your Excellency overrates my ability in that quarter, and if I were permitted to choose—" "Another and a fairer maid would be your choice.

From The Golden Dog by William Kirby

Yet the steady post-Oscar blowback and general friction surrounding Fennell made me certain I’d overrated it.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

I hope they woke the child up to see the crazy finish, because they’ll never forget it, and school is overrated, anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Last but not least, Lincoln Riley is an overrated head football coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026

Liza Prideaux agrees understated decorations are overrated and has embraced "nostalgic, vintage" decor at Christmas for the last two years.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

I didn’t know what overrated meant at the time because, like I said, I was really little and so was my brain.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

Lastly, Lee said that the Federal Reserve’s next meeting not being until September will also help support stocks, noting that markets are currently overrating the chances of an interest-rate hike happening next month.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Be wary of overrating Ballage’s 123-yard rushing performance from Week 15.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2018

Mike Mamula, the former mid-rate NFL linebacker who wowed the Eagles into making him the No7 overall pick in 1995 after a lights-out combine, remains the cautionary tale of overrating players on measurables alone.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2016

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

In vain, on one occasion, I professed my reverence for a youth of genius, and my curiosity in his future,—'O no, she was intimate with his mind,' and I 'spoiled him, by overrating him.'

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Margaret Fuller