as in to overestimate
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Recent Examples of overprice
None of the prominent starters rumored to be available at the trade deadline were moved, as Hoyer pointed out, suggesting the sellers were overpricing their assets.
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Sellers often overprice, leading to longer times on the market, with many selling only out of necessity.
—Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
There are reasons to worry that stocks might be overpriced.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 July 2025
The truth is, overpricing your business doesn’t increase your chances of a better sale.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Sellers often overprice, leading to longer times on the market, with many selling only out of necessity.
—Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
There are reasons to worry that stocks might be overpriced.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 July 2025
The truth is, overpricing your business doesn’t increase your chances of a better sale.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for overprice
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overprice
Verb
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These are often the result of visitors underestimating the conditions and sometimes overestimating their own capabilities.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Jo Brand squashes one of hers, David Baddiel tries to eat his, while Rose Matafeo and Ed Gamble rip theirs to shreds and Katy Wix overestimates the naturalism of holding a hard hat under one arm for an extended period of time.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some, however, are urging caution, warning the unprecedented success has made the stock overvalued.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Tesla critics say that the stock has become grossly overvalued because of Wall Street’s willingness to buy into Musk’s vision of the future in terms of AI, self-driving vehicles and robots, despite its failures to deliver on past promises along those lines.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That’s consistently overrated as a factor.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Both the Aggies and Fighting Irish ended up being overrated, but a win like that is still a big win.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The compliments resulted in a temporary spike in feelings of uniqueness and specialness, demonstrating how praise can inflate ego in the short term – even outside clinical narcissism.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Sep. 2025
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This inflates cloud costs and reduces cluster efficiency.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Overprice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overprice. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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