How to Use overrate in a Sentence

overrate

verb
  • The coach tends to overrate the players on his own team.
  • I think the critics seriously overrated that movie.
  • Notre Dame and Texas might be great, or they might be overrated.
    — Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Sedona is many things, but in my book, overrated will never be one of them.
    — Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
  • There’s still value in conducting them — but no one overrates that part of the process.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • With new movies, the tendency is to overrate them, but then time passes and sorts things out.
    — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2018
  • However, like many old wives’ tales, this one might be overrated.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 1 Apr. 2026
  • So sure, the schematics might be overrated, but they shouldn’t be overlooked.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Now, please tell me again about how the Buckeyes’ senior is overrated.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2017
  • But style points are overrated, especially at this time of year.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • For those who think the combine and pro day workouts are overrated, Davis is proof that film comes first.
    — Ralph D. Russo, The Seattle Times, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Closure is overrated when the result is your worst nightmare.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
  • Steve Sarkisian is overrated and always has been.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • More significant than all of this, though, is the fact that surprise is overrated.
    — J.b., The Economist, 7 June 2019
  • That is overrated if a player isn’t any good (See Clark, Frank).
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 12 June 2025
  • Reminds me of folks who aren't rich insisting that money is overrated.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 29 June 2017
  • In many cases, pilots are overrated.
    — Ashwin Gaidhani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Georgia is overrated at this point, and let the wrong quarterback get away in the offseason.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The short answer is Howard was largely overrated by many folks over the past couple of seasons.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Venu Sports was always overrated by the industry as some sort of game changer.
    — Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But Toronto showed during its playoff run that being at home can be overrated.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • Still, some on Wall Street suggest that the threat from Amazon could be overrated.
    — vanityfair.com, 26 July 2017
  • While eating a few leaves can cause mild stomach upset, the rumors of its fatal effects are overrated.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2018
  • The flourish of bringing the whole bird to the table is overrated in my opinion, anyway — let the people eat!
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The corresponding action is to overrate certain traits (heavy on combine buzz) in a quick effort to get caught up.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • This reframes the provocation that thinking may be overrated.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • As one coach put it, many players come into the league with a sense of entitlement while overrating their own abilities.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • The power of the audiences cannot be overrated, however.
    — Shepherd Mpofu, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Based on this week’s results, that may put Hogan exactly where Trone found himself — overrated.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
  • No doubt Baker learned to navigate Washington as few did, but the view here is that the authors overrate the past.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 27 May 2021

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