overplace

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ place.

Verb

overplace (third-person singular simple present overplaces, present participle overplacing, simple past and past participle overplaced)

  1. (transitive) To place too high in a ranking.
    • 2016 January 26, “Overconfidence and Career Choice”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      On average subjects overplace themselves by 0.44 ranks.
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