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overappreciated

overappreciated adjective: excessively appreciated.

Adjective

overappreciated (comparative more overappreciated, superlative most overappreciated)

  1. Excessively appreciated.
    • Nixon, watching Reagan seemingly leave political life, “suddenly recognized what no one else seemed to: that this blankly genial, overappreciated son of a bitch, two years older than himself, was heading not for a pasture but a short stretch of wilderness, on the other side of which lay something...2015 September 23, Janet Maslin, “Review: ‘Finale’ by Thomas Mallon Moves Past ‘Watergate’ and Into the Reagan Era”, in New York Times
    • As a rule, rulers' wives symbolize only the overappreciated women in any society — and I'd be the last person to blame them.1991, George Jonas, Politically Incorrect, page 307

Forms of overappreciated

comparativemore overappreciated
superlativemost overappreciated

Origin of overappreciated

From over- + appreciated.

Questions about overappreciated

What does overappreciated mean?
Overappreciated means excessively appreciated.
What part of speech is overappreciated?
Overappreciated is an adjective.

Words near overappreciated in the dictionary

  1. overappraisals
  2. overappraise
  3. overappraised
  4. overappraises
  5. overappraising
  6. overappreciated
  7. overapprehensive
  8. overapproximate
  9. overapproximated
  10. overapproximates
  11. overapproximating

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