adj
Having a cost to produce or a price to purchase that exceeds the market value.
adj
able to be fleeced; naive and gullible
n
(uncountable) excessive government
n
(countable) An excessive estimation of the worth of something; extreme valuation.
n
(uncountable) An extreme amount of value.
adj
Higher that the true figure
adj
Employed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.
adj
Alternative spelling of overrated [Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.]
n
Alternative spelling of overvalued idea [(psychiatry) A false or exaggerated and sustained belief that is maintained with much less than delusional intensity (i.e., the individual is able to acknowledge the possibility that the ideas may not be true). The belief is accompanied by a strong emotional response, that take priority over all other mental activity.]
n
A greater than anticipated achievement.
n
An appraisal that overvalues something.
n
An approximation that is higher than the true value.
n
Calculation producing too large a result.
n
The state of being overcapitalized.
v
Alternative form of overcentralize [(transitive) To centralize too much.]
n
Excessive collection of taxes or insurance premiums, necessitating administration of refunds or carryovers.
n
The act or situation of overcommitting.
adv
In a way that overcompensates.
n
An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
adj
(participial adjective) Diagnosed more often than it truly occurs.
n
The condition of being overentitled.
n
An excessive estimation.
n
Synonym of overvaluation
n
An excessively high expectation.
n
Alternative form of overgeneralization [(usually uncountable) The act of overgeneralizing.]
v
To discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.
adj
Of whom a disproportionate number are in prison.
n
(psychology) External incentives for an already internally motivated behavior, which risk the loss of the original motivation.
n
The process or result of overmeasuring; a measurement that is larger than it should be.
n
An excessively optimistic person.
n
(law) The process of administering excessive punishment, especially in response to crime.
adj
More pessimistic than is warranted.
n
Assignment to a placement requiring greater talent than the person has.
n
prediction that is erroneously high
adj
Priced higher than its real worth.
n
The act of overpronouncing.
v
To give something excessive proportions
n
The rejection of too many data values, or too much data
n
(countable) An excessive representation
n
An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
n
The diagnosis of an injury as being more traumatic than it actually is
n
An instance of overvaluing.
n
The act or process of underoptimizing.
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