over-assessment
The teacher's over-assessment of the student's project led to an unexpectedly high grade.
- Noun:
- Excessive evaluation: "over-assessment" refers to the act of evaluating something too highly or to an excessive degree, often resulting in an inflated or inaccurate judgment.
- Overvaluation in taxation: In financial or legal contexts, "over-assessment" means the process of assigning a value that is too high, especially for property or assets, leading to higher taxes or costs.
- (Excessive evaluation of its position.)
- (Overvaluation for taxation purposes.)
"to be subject to over-assessment": to experience excessive or inflated evaluation.
- The student felt the exam was an over-assessment of his actual knowledge. (The exam judged him too harshly or too highly.)
"systemic over-assessment": a pattern of consistently overvaluing in an organization or field.
- Systemic over-assessment in the real estate market contributed to the housing bubble. (A widespread tendency to overvalue.)
Overassess (verb): to evaluate excessively or assign too high a value.
- The appraiser overassessed the painting, leading to a high insurance premium. (Overvalued.)
Assessment (noun): the act of evaluating or estimating the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of something.
- A fair assessment of the situation is crucial. (A balanced evaluation.)
Overvaluation: the act of assigning too high a value.
- The overvaluation of the currency hurt exports. (Too high a value.)
Overestimation: the act of judging something to be larger, more important, or more valuable than it actually is.
- His overestimation of his abilities led to failure. (Too high a judgment.)
To overstate the case: to exaggerate or describe something as more important or valuable than it is.
- Critics said the report overstated the case for the new policy. (Exaggerated the importance.)
To put too high a price on: to value something excessively.
- The seller put too high a price on the antique, and it didn't sell. (Overvalued.)