overvaluedadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈvaljuːd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈvæljud/ Valued or estimated too highly.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > surpassed in value
overvalued1616
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > overestimating or overrating > overvalued
overrated1586
opiniated1589
overvalued1616
overcapitalized1894
1616 J. Taylor Vrania xxix. sig. B5 When ouer-valued worth proues light in weight.
1647 C. Wyvill Certaine Serious Thoughts 33 Let not those over-valued blessings move Our earth-bred thoughts to sleight the things above.
1705 D. Defoe New Discov. of Old Intreague in Writings of Author of True-Born Englishman II. 14 Enrich'd with lusty Verdict from the Assize, Who at two Marks his over-valued Honour prize.
1805 M. A. Shee Rhymes on Art (1806) 107 To crown th' o'ervalued skill of foreign skies.
1836 E. B. Lytton Duchess de la Valliere iv. iii. 128 If I had bid him cast away the treasure Of the o'er-valued life.
1897 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 552 Some of the countries which suspended the free coinage of silver..will take advantage of the new gold supplies for replacing some of their overvalued silver.
1991 P. Fussell BAD 13 Being alert to this distinction is a large part of the fun of being alive today, in a moment teeming with raucously overvalued emptiness and trash.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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