An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
OVERRATED
Etymology
Adjective
overrated (comparative more overrated, superlative most overrated)
Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.
Antonyms
• underrated
Verb
overrated
simple past tense and past participle of overrate
Anagrams
• overtrade, overtread
Source: Wiktionary
OVERRATE
O`ver*rate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrating.]
Definition: To rate or value too highly.
O"ver*rate`, n.
Definition: An excessive rate. [R.] Massinger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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