1. to honor or show respect to someone or something to an excessive or unwarranted degree
Usage: transitive verb; formal or literary

Examples

• The committee was criticized for overhonoring a mediocre artist simply because of his family connections.
• We should not overhonor flawed historical figures by ignoring their wrongdoings.
• Some argue that society tends to overhonor celebrities beyond what their actual contributions warrant.
• The school decided not to overhonor the donor by naming the entire building after him.
• Critics claim the award ceremony overhonors commercial success at the expense of artistic merit.