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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 highplay

2. too high a value or price assigned to somethingplay

  Familiarity information: OVERVALUATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERVALUATION (noun)


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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