1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 154 A foolish over-rating of their own worth.

1915 T. Veblen Imperial Germany & Industr. Revol. viii. 257 The miscalculation..appears to have lain chiefly in an overrating of what could be done with the Turkish establishment.

1951 P. W. Tappan Contemp. Correction 192 The overrating of this function goes back to static psychiatry.

1994 Jrnl. Canad. Stud. Spring 118 The above noted ‘overrating’ of the quaint and marginal is most often found in the work of dilettantes, amateurs, and self-declared folklorists.

1746 W. Dunkin tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles ii. ii. 217 He sinks in Credit, who attempts to raise His venal Wares with over-rating Praise.

1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin 114 A convalescent,..full..of overrating thankfulness to Miss S. for the offer she had made.

1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 July c3 The public that enjoys overrating tackiness and facetious amateurism may be comforted by the dead spots and atrocious bits of acting in ‘Polyester.’

2002 FD (Fair Disclosure) Wire (Nexis) 22 Jan. A more important contributor is how the overrating agencies are looking at the relative value of these convertible securities.