Examples of overrate

• 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.