0 to have too good an opinion of something:
Be careful not to overrate your competitors.
This book certainly insures itself against attack from this (in my view overrated) perspective by containing an abundance of graphs and quantitative analyses.
In addition, his use of the concept of "positivism" lumps together different viewpoints and overrates the significance of epistemological views for social-scientific practice.
Though he would prefer to be happy, he thinks such matters overrated: a small, and ultimately dispensable, part of the good life.
Originality and contentiousness can certainly be overrated intellectual virtues.
The currently fashionable virtue of self-esteem is a much overrated attribute, but it is unhealthy to have none at all.
How prior knowledge was being used by readers-whether that knowledge was text-based or extra-text based-seemed to be overrated and overemphasized.
These uncertainties and possible shortcomings, however, should not be overrated.
Moreover, because the six items were nested in a larger questionnaire, teachers may have overrated generally disruptive children.
