1. 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.