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overhype

American  
[oh-ver-hahyp] / ˌoʊ vərˈhaɪp /

verb (used with object)

overhyped, overhyping
  1. to hype someone or something excessively.


noun

  1. an excessive amount of hype.

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"Before the game, I felt we were in a really good space. I felt our players were ready. They didn’t overhype it," said Skinner.

From BBC May 12, 2024

If this sounds like overhype, it’s almost impossible to overstate how excited NBA teams are for this player.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 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

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Jimmie Ward, who will likely be guarding passes by Stafford in games this season, didn’t overhype the new Rams quarterback’s abilities.

From Fox News Jul. 18, 2021

“You live for this stuff, but you don’t overhype it,” Bowling said.

From Washington Post Jun. 18, 2021

But some analysts believe the announcement was overhyped.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

I didn’t watch the show when it was first released; I thought it had to be overhyped.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Is Kimi Antonelli being overhyped due to results that largely he's been a tad fortunate with?

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

“While some commentators wonder whether AI is overhyped, we think it is probably underhyped,” say strategists led by Willem Sels, global chief investment officer.

From MarketWatch May 27, 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

But the company has also been accused of overhyping the powers of a technology which is its stock in trade, and the subject of fierce competition with rival OpenAI.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

After months of teasing and overhyping, the Nothing Phone 1 is finally here.

From The Verge Jul. 15, 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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