overrate
verb/ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/
/ˌəʊvərˈreɪt/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overrate | /ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/ /ˌəʊvərˈreɪt/ |
| he / she / it overrates | /ˌəʊvəˈreɪts/ /ˌəʊvərˈreɪts/ |
| past simple overrated | /ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle overrated | /ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form overrating | /ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈreɪtɪŋ/ |
- overrate somebody/something to have too high an opinion of somebody/something; to put too high a value on somebody/something
- In my opinion, Hirst's work has been vastly overrated.
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