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overpraised
adjective
(alsoover-praised)uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈpreɪzd/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈpreɪzd/
Someone or something that is overpraised is praised too much, when they do not deserve it:
Absurdly overpraised when young, he remained naive and immature both as a person and as a writer.
The play now looks overpraised and creaky.
I felt at the time that the film was slightly overpraised.
This hugely hyped and over-praised exhibition confirms that the once promising painter has succumbed to mid-life exhaustion.
His must be the most empty, over-praised political career of modern times.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising and applauding
acclaim
acclamation
accolade
adulate
adulation
clap
compliment
encomium
enthrone
enthronement
eulogistic
eulogistically
hail
laurel wreath
ode
ooh
ooh and aahidiom
ovation
overpraise
puff
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