overreaction
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Private debt managers say their investments are doing well and that the redemptions are an overreaction to a handful of blowups in the wider credit markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Although the top-line study results were disappointing, the after-hours selloff appears to be an overreaction, Mikson said.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
President George W. Bush’s overreaction was also damaging.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
That looks like an overreaction rather than prudence.
From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025
Mrs. Allen said, “Well, I think the real issue is Mrs. Granger’s reaction to a harmless little experiment with language—it’s an overreaction, don’t you think so, Tom?”
From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
