as in valued
to place too high a value on
some people overvalue material things
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Recent Examples of overvalued
Some, however, are urging caution, warning the unprecedented success has made the stock overvalued.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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
Media speculation indicates that the cash reflects Warren Buffett’s belief that corporations are presently overvalued.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The selloff signaled investor fears that tech stocks, which have soared from April lows, are overvalued, while Washington’s growing interference in the sector has also raised alarms.
—Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
Their consensus price target suggests shares could be overvalued and drop about 20%, however.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2025
Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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
Media speculation indicates that the cash reflects Warren Buffett’s belief that corporations are presently overvalued.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The selloff signaled investor fears that tech stocks, which have soared from April lows, are overvalued, while Washington’s growing interference in the sector has also raised alarms.
—Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
Their consensus price target suggests shares could be overvalued and drop about 20%, however.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overvalued
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The move comes weeks after Union Pacific announced the acquisition of rival Norfolk Southern in a deal valued at $85 billion.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Today the biggest players are Polymarket, valued at $1 billion and the official prediction partner of X, and Kalshi, worth $2 billion following a recent fundraise.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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Annual revisions released Tuesday by the BLS revealed that initial estimates for nonfarm payrolls data for the 12 months to March of this year were overestimated by 911,000, likely contributing to existing concerns about the state of the labor market and the economy going forward.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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And the final 2024 revision, issued in February, showed that the 2024 data was overestimated by 589,000 jobs.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Our testers couldn’t get enough of the perfume’s quiet coziness and appreciated the fact that the juice has a little oomph in terms of staying power.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Sharing this column with other people who play ReHeardle would be appreciated too.—
Kris Holt,
Forbes.com,
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
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Steve Sarkisian is overrated and always has been.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Overvalued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overvalued. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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