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overappraise

overappraise verb: to appraise at too high a value.

Verb

overappraise (third-person singular simple present overappraises, present participle overappraising, simple past and past participle overappraised)

  1. (transitive) To appraise at too high a value.

Forms of overappraise

third-person singular presentoverappraises
present participleoverappraising
past participleoverappraised
pastoverappraised

Origin of overappraise

From over- + appraise.

Questions about overappraise

What does overappraise mean?
Overappraise means to appraise at too high a value.
What part of speech is overappraise?
Overappraise is a verb.
What is the past tense of overappraise?
The past tense of overappraise is overappraised.

Words near overappraise in the dictionary

  1. overapplies
  2. overapply
  3. overapplying
  4. overappraisal
  5. overappraisals
  6. overappraise
  7. overappraised
  8. overappraises
  9. overappraising
  10. overappreciated
  11. overapprehensive

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