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Definition of Overrated
1. Adjective. Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity. ¹
2. Verb. (past of overrate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overrated
1. overrate [v] - See also: overrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overrated
Literary usage of Overrated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The White Man in Nigeria by George Douglas Hazzledine (1904)
"CHAPTER V THE FEVER The danger mach overrated—The effects on ... THE fever in
Northern Nigeria is much overrated; it is the bugbear of the country, ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... somewhat overrated his poetical powers, showed a copy of verses lo Boileau,
and asked his candid opinion of them. "Ah, sire," said the poet, ..."
3. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... in Virginia Legislature—Voted for Lee to present the Independence Resolution—Always
considered Lee overrated—Afterwards alienated from him, ..."
4. History of Baptist Indian Missions: Embracing Remarks on the Former and by Isaac McCoy (1840)
"The Indian's skill in following foot-prints overrated. Miserable condition of the
... overrated ..."
5. Auld Lang Syne by Friedrich Max Müller (1898)
"I may be prejudiced, yet a poet whose verses Goethe repeated on his deathbed is
not likely to be overrated by me. These are the verses which, we are told, ..."
6. French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Introduction by Albert Léon Guérard (1914)
"... main regions—Natural unity: the rule of the depression of Poitou — But unity
chiefly a historical achievement—Resources: fertility overrated]; harbours, ..."
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