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Be careful not to overrate your competitors.
I thought that he rather overrated the possibilities of television in this respect.
I do not think the value of that kind of work can be easily overrated.
Deterrence is obviously crucial: its importance cannot be overrated.
T.s—have played a leading part, and we cannot overrate their importance as pacemakers.
Kaunda's acceptance of the new democratic order after electoral defeat has been overrated.
Concentration on moral categories leads some authors to overrate the extent to which humans can subdue their lower natures and act to decide their own destinies.
More evidence on nutrition demand: income seems overrated and women's schooling underemphasized.
Moreover, because the six items were nested in a larger questionnaire, teachers may have overrated generally disruptive children.