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overappreciated en · ADJ

Etymology

From over- + appreciated.

Meanings

1. Excessively appreciated.
   • Nixon, watching Reagan seemingly leave political life, “suddenly recognized what no one else seemed to: that this blankly genial, overappreciated son of a bitch, two years older than himself, was heading not for a pasture but a short stretch of wilderness, on the other side of which lay something vast.” 2015 September 23, Janet Maslin, “Review: ‘Finale’ by Thomas Mallon Moves Past ‘Watergate’ and Into the Reagan Era”, in New York Times:
   • As a rule, rulers' wives symbolize only the overappreciated women in any society — and I'd be the last person to blame them. 1991, George Jonas, Politically Incorrect, page 307:

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