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OVERVALUATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overvaluation mean?
• OVERVALUATION (noun)
The noun OVERVALUATION has 2 senses:
1. an appraisal that is too high
2. too high a value or price assigned to something
Familiarity information: OVERVALUATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An appraisal that is too high
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
overappraisal; overestimate; overestimation; overvaluation
Hypernyms ("overvaluation" is a kind of...):
appraisal; estimate; estimation (a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation))
Derivation:
overvalue (assign too high a value to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Too high a value or price assigned to something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("overvaluation" is a kind of...):
evaluation; rating; valuation (an appraisal of the value of something)
Derivation:
overvalue (assign too high a value to)
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