Verb (used with object), : I think you overrate their political influence.    From Dictionary.com. 

Part of the confusion about overrating is that we tend to think of people who are overly present as overrated.    From Wordnik.com.  [January 2005] Reference

To call it "epic" would be overrating Homer's works.    From Wordnik.com.  [Av Sinensky: Arcade Fire at Madison Square Garden 8/4/2010] Reference

I am not overrating myself; I am just giving you the FACTS.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventues of Rocky and Gatewinkel (or When Gatemouth Met Hackshaw)] Reference

Second, you're probably overrating what even good timing can achieve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time To Time The Market?] Reference

As for me overrating Obama, I'm sure I do -- what can I say, I'm a fan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference

Covello said that Wall Street is overrating the company's fundamentals.    From Wordnik.com.  [No-No Novellus] Reference

And the middle of the road, of course, is where overrating runs rampant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top 10 Most Overrated Movies » Scene-Stealers] Reference

One of the greatest triggers for overrating is a feeling of hypoglycemia.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2003] Reference

Are Democrats overrating the political appeal of a federal housing bailout?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Political Diary] Reference

In a sense, its overrating mirrors that of the novel The Great Gatsby, by F.    From Wordnik.com.  [CRITERION: THE RULES OF THE GAME | Obsessed With Film] Reference

FARHI: Well, I think we're overrating the ability to program at 11: 30 at night.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2002] Reference

"Will you stop overrating your own importance?" cried Aurelia in despairing tones.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grass Crown]

Mark (and others) -- you are WAY overrating Huckabee's electoral appeal and power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference

Having underrated economic risk during the boom, Americans may be overrating it now.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reluctant Recovery] Reference

"America's Team" is a brand, not a reality, and overrating is essential to the brand.    From Wordnik.com.  [America's team] Reference

If I might be overrating Defiance it's possible I'm underrating this, but I don't think so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference

I think Amare is probably slightly overrated in general, and Petey is wildly overrating him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Lotto News] Reference

Similar is the charge of "ego-mania," that is, of overrating his own importance, so often heard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama] Reference

We were overrating the MiG-21, as it turned out, but at the time everybody took it real seriously.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hardware For Dummies: The Osprey Vs. The Hornet « Isegoria] Reference

Neither understood the other, overrating themselves and underrating the strength of their antagonists.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference

As for the most overrated book of the last century, a century of truly awe-inspiring overrating, Lester H.    From Wordnik.com.  [Everyone's a Critic] Reference

As yet, no one is overrating the Arizona Cardinals, who haven't had a winning season since 1998 but are currently 7-3.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kurt Warner, Underdog] Reference

It's hard for sophisticated people to like something simple without overrating it, as the case of Ross Macdonald shows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tough Guys] Reference

No you are overrating the extent of the voting machine risk by Brett Paatsch on Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 at 10: 31: 28 AM.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baton-Bashed In Denver! Is This Really What Democracy Looks Like?!] Reference

I think you are much above being a vain coxcomb, overrating your own merit, and insulting others with the superabundance of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference

Again, there is a little bit overrating of the technology in terms of the degree to which the inspectors will use such equipment.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2002] Reference

Specifically, do you think preseason rankings do a disservice to some teams by underrating or not including them or overrating others?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wow…I’m almost famous. « Michael in Nashville] Reference

I preferred overrating to underrating the merits of his work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle] Reference

Really, Mr Ralli, I fear you are greatly overrating your own sagacity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific] Reference

I think you're overrating the perception of the Bulls around the league.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blog a Bull] Reference

The fact is he has long been afraid of overrating their intrinsic value.    From Wordnik.com.  [Proserpine and Midas] Reference

Our first mistake consisted in overrating the degree of advancement of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines] Reference

If you take away the games without Romo, you're somewhat overrating the cowboys.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Tarleton was a dashing cavalry officer, given to overrating his own achievements.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference

The first reason that this overrating occurs is that Burrows was a top goal scorer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kuklas Korner] Reference

Let us duly appreciate, but be cautious of overrating, the advantage of religious education.    From Wordnik.com.  [Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I] Reference

If we begin by overrating the being we love, we shall end by treating it with wholesale injustice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amiel's Journal] Reference