Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypervaluation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-val-u-a-tion
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An excessive estimation of the worth of something; extreme valuation.

Countable

noun

The state of something being valued extremely highly.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From hypervalue (“to value extremely highly or closely”) + -ation, or equivalently, hyper- (“over, above, beyond, excessive”) + valuation.

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What does hypervaluation mean?
An excessive estimation of the worth of something; extreme valuation.
Where does hypervaluation come from?
From hypervalue (“to value extremely highly or closely”) + -ation, or equivalently, hyper- (“over, above, beyond, excessive”) + valuation.

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