Word family noun valuables value values valuation valuer overvaluation ≠ undervaluation devaluation adjective valuable invaluable overvalued ≠ undervalued valueless valued verb value devalue overvalue ≠ undervalue
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishovervalueo‧ver‧val‧ue /ˌəʊvəˈvæljuː $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb [transitive] IMPORTANTto believe or say that something is more valuable or more important than it really is —overvaluation /ˌəʊvəvæljuˈeɪʃən $ ˌoʊvər-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
overvalue• Analysts grossly overvalued the company's inventories.From Longman Business Dictionaryovervalueo‧ver‧val‧ue /ˌəʊvəˈvæljuːˌoʊvər-/ verb [transitive] if you overvalue something, you give it a value that is too highThe accounting firm wrongly permitted the company to overvalue its junk bonds.→ See Verb table 