OVERRATE


Meaning of OVERRATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)reɪt ]

also over-rate

( overrates, overrating, overrated)

If you say that something or someone is overrated , you mean that people have a higher opinion of them than they deserve.

More men are finding out that the joys of work have been overrated...

If you consider him a miracle man, you’re overrating him.

≠ underrate

VERB : be V-ed , V n

• over‧rat‧ed

Life in the wild is vastly overrated.

≠ underrated

ADJ

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