verb
- to give excessive importance or prominence to something
Examples
- Teachers shouldn’t overemphasize test scores at the expense of creativity.
- The media tends to overemphasize celebrity scandals.
- Don’t overemphasize your weaknesses during the job interview.
- The coach warned against overemphasizing individual statistics.
- It’s easy to overemphasize the importance of first impressions.
- The report overemphasizes the negative aspects of the proposal.