overrated

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Adjective

overrated

1. Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.

   My sister is an overrated singer.

   • 2008, Lisa Tucker, Shout Down the Moon, Simon and Schuster (ISBN 9781847397348)

     I say, “Tom Cruise,” because I know Irene hates Tom Cruise and she'll go on and on about why he's completely overrated.

Antonyms

• underrated

Translations

• French: surfait, surestimé, surcoté
• German: überschätzt, überbewertet
• Portuguese: sobrestimado
• Russian: переоценить
• Spanish: sobrevalorado, sobreestimado, sobrevaluado

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of overrate

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