overvaluing
present participle ofovervalue
overvalue
verb[T]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈvæl.juː/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈvæl.juː/to put too high avalueon something:
Thecompanyis overvalued on thestockmarket.
Synonym
overestimate
Opposites
underestimate
undervalue
Advertising and marketing
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- obo
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- tie(something)in
Examplesofovervaluing
overvaluing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This has led to anovervaluingof the external and the material, and to an undervaluing of the intellectual and the spiritual.
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In the meantime, successive governments continued the policy ofovervaluingthe cedi.
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The two anchoring points were labelled in extreme terms to reflect theovervaluingof these personal attributes.
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The policy ofovervaluingthe currency means that imports are to be cheaper and that exports are to be dearer.
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But the whole question surely turns on theovervaluingof the vote.
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Many speakers today have stressed the fact that there is a great danger in our debates ofovervaluingour influence.
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They have done so for the wrong purposes, keeping interest rates too high and thereby greatlyovervaluingour currency.
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Of course, there may be cases in which they have undervalued property just as there may be cases in which they have made mistakes byovervaluingproperty.
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In this sense, there was a sense of theovervaluingof cavalry as an offensive arm.
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