overrated

[ oh-ver-rey-tid ]
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adjective
  1. too highly rated or praised: I don’t know why that coach was so sought-after; he’s an overrated blowhard and has accomplished nothing.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of overrate.

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How to use overrated in a sentence

  • The commander-in-chief overrated the fighting qualities of the Neapolitan troops and thought it prudent to evacuate Rome.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • He named it when he replied to her: "I've simply overrated my strength."

    The Tragic Muse | Henry James
  • But if the Bourbons overrated their triumph in one way, they immensely underrated it in another.

  • That the public, receiving it at what we now term the psychological moment, may have overrated it is by no means impossible.

  • I knew well that I did nothing but what any other person could do, yet it pleased me to see how John overrated my services.

    The Late Miss Hollingford | Rosa Mulholland