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overhyped

overhyped is the simple past and past participle of overhype.

Meaning of overhype

Verb

overhype (third-person singular simple present overhypes, present participle overhyping, simple past and past participle overhyped)

  1. (transitive) To promote or publicize excessively.

Adjective

overhyped (comparative more overhyped, superlative most overhyped)

  1. That has been promoted or publicized excessively.

Forms of overhyped

comparativemore overhyped
superlativemost overhyped

Questions about overhyped

What does overhyped mean?
Overhyped means that has been promoted or publicized excessively.
What is overhyped the simple past and past participle of?
Overhyped is the simple past and past participle of overhype.
What part of speech is overhyped?
Overhyped is an adjective.

Words near overhyped in the dictionary

  1. overhydrated
  2. overhydrates
  3. overhydrating
  4. overhydration
  5. overhype
  6. overhyped
  7. overhypes
  8. overhyping
  9. overhysterical
  10. overidealism
  11. overidealistic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overhyped (page history and authors); overhype (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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