OVERPRICE Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

overprice

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Definition of overprice

as in to overestimate

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Recent Examples of overprice To many listeners, Powell was saying stocks are overpriced. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025 Concessions are overpriced at every big league ballpark, but Fenway Park is particularly expensive. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025 The temptation to overprice is stronger. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025 Brendan Rodgers had wanted to sign Clint Dempsey from Fulham but FSG — which was targeting players aged 24 or under — felt that the 29-year-old was overpriced at £6million ($8m at current rates). — James Pearce, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overprice

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But both industries may have overestimated an entertainment economy increasingly comfortable confusing quantity with quality.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 July 2026
Historian Sandgruber describes how Alois Hitler wrote his 1895 letters in a deeply smug, anti-clerical manner that overestimated his abilities.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026

Definition of overestimate

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This year, the sector has seen more volatile trade, as investors have questioned whether companies can meet the growing demand and whether some pockets of the industry are overvalued.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 8 July 2026
The conventional wisdom in sports finance is that American franchises—the NFL, NBA, MLB—are grotesquely overvalued by any traditional metric.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 June 2026

Definition of overvalue

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The glove features a network of 13 pneumatic tubes that inflate individual air chambers positioned along the hand.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
Critics say that the Jones Act harms the shipbuilding industry itself, in that American shipyards are shielded from international competition via its enactment, thus further inflating construction costs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026

Definition of inflate

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