Definition of "overemphasize" []

• To place too much emphasis on or employ too much emphasis. (verb-transitive)

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• "But to overemphasize this gap between religious and nonreligious American women in their attitudes toward gender would be to overlook the sweeping transformation in gender norms shared by religious and nonreligious Americans, men and women alike, over the last generation."
• "It's important not to overemphasize it because we don't know where it's going to lead, Hellman says."
• "They've been much slower to change undesirable features of union contracts, such as policies that overemphasize seniority and protect poorly performing workers."