overhype
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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I suppose I could have prefaced that with a spoiler warning, but really, at this stage in the frenzied cycle of superhero-movie overhype, who are we kidding?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
The industry is known for its “fake it until you make it” adage, which leads some founders to overhype their products.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2022
"Overhyping AIDS? It's killed over 750,000 Americans and 36 million worldwide. How do you overhype that?" he questioned.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2021
"Do they know that big picture implications are always out there? They always will be out there. I don’t think you try to overhype anything."
From Fox News ● Oct. 5, 2021
While no-one wants to overhype Raducanu, it is difficult not to get excited about the way she has gone about her tennis so far.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2021
I would argue it was a slightly overheated and overhyped piece, in terms of how they presented it.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
However, some argued the reaction to Kimi K3 was overhyped.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The deeply depressing third possibility is that companies are raising and spending so much merely because shareholders are cheering them on, and the AI claims are just wildly overhyped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Humanoid robots are starting to enter workplaces alongside humans, but Ray believes the robots have been overhyped, especially with high profile demonstrations.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Marriage, he told me early on, struck him as an unnecessary and overhyped convention.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
No one—no reporter, operative, commentator, analyst, or person on the street—wants to look like an idiot by overhyping it again.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
When Project Glasswing launched, some critics accused Anthropic of overhyping the threat to attract attention.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Most have been criticized for overhyping their ability to meet their own production goals, make timely deliveries to customers, or eventually, earn a profit.
From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2022
But Musk has also endangered people’s lives by overhyping driver-assistance technology, has repeatedly over-promised technology that hasn’t panned out and has skirted both the law and human decency.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
However, Gerwyn Davies from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, said there was a danger of overhyping the shortages, with a fall in the number of young people currently in employed in the UK.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2021
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