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overrate

o·ver·rate [ vər ráyt ] (past and past participle o·ver·rat·ed, present participle o·ver·rat·ing, 3rd person present singular o·ver·rates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
overvalue something: to regard somebody as better or more capable, or something as greater, than is in fact the case


o·ver·rat·ed adjective
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