overhype
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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Wiegman has been careful not to overhype James.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
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
"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
“You live for this stuff, but you don’t overhype it,” Bowling said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2021
I would argue it was a slightly overheated and overhyped piece, in terms of how they presented it.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
But some analysts believe the announcement was overhyped.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Get the inside track on both the overhyped and overlooked events of the week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
In the early 1980s, he often simultaneously spoofed and exploited the overhyping of technological innovation, particularly in themed episodes like “the custom-made show,” written by Chris Elliott and Matt Wickline.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
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
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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