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# overrate

«overrate» in Mova's school dictionary: **better or more important than it really is** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (overrate, overrates, overrated, overrating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To think something or someone is better or more important than it really is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overrate/#m1)

2) (overrated, adjective) Not as good as people say: "That film is overrated." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overrate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Mostly used in opinions and reviews: "That band is overrated." In discussions and persuasive writing it shows disagreement with popular opinion. It is an opinion word, so give reasons. Opposite: underrate, underrated.

### examples

- In my opinion, that famous burger place is overrated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overrate/#x1)
- People overrate how much fun a long car trip is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overrate/#x2)
- Sleep is not overrated; you really need it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overrate/#x3)
- Critics overrated the film, but the children found it boring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overrate/#x4)
- Some say homework is overrated, but practice helps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overrate/#x5)
- Is the new phone worth it, or just overrated? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overrate/#x6)

### note

Regular verb, most often used as the adjective "overrated". Opposite: underrated. When you say something is overrated, it is your opinion, not a fact; in a debate, back it up with reasons.

### In the corpora

- [The famous story that spinach's iron was overrated because of a misplaced decimal point is itself disputed and partly a myth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overrate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overrate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.