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

"Don't you think that you're a little inclined to overrate your importance and—er—capacity, Mr. Slyne?" put in Mr. Jobling acidly during the pause, involuntary on Slyne's part.

From The White Blackbird by Hudson Douglas

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 would venture to suggest that Mr. Greg somewhat overrates in his paper the beneficence of luxury as an agent in the advancement of civilization.

From Lectures and Essays by Goldwin Smith

When on the ground every one overrates his capacity for air work.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

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

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

I guess I’d like to be not quite as underrated — maybe even, dare I say, to be overrated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 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

Thus began his team’s months-long quest to find the most overrated bonds in a market composed of overrated bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

Or am I overrating my own importance as a parent and underrating the resilience kids can have?

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2020

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

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 Theodore Parker