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ultrahyped

ultrahyped adjective: promoted with an extreme amount of hype.

Adjective

ultrahyped (comparative more ultrahyped, superlative most ultrahyped)

  1. Promoted with an extreme amount of hype.
    • Personally, while I appreciate the role that solid and thoughtful public relations can play in selling most toys, I'm not in favor of the ultrahyped approach, often fueled by the media. Ultrahyped toys are at risk of burning out faster because they have a frenzied cycle: interest — shortage — hype...2003, Gene Del Vecchio, The Blockbuster Toy!: How to Invent the Next Big Thing, page 197

Forms of ultrahyped

comparativemore ultrahyped
superlativemost ultrahyped

Origin of ultrahyped

From ultra- + hyped.

Questions about ultrahyped

What does ultrahyped mean?
Ultrahyped means promoted with an extreme amount of hype.
What part of speech is ultrahyped?
Ultrahyped is an adjective.

Words near ultrahyped in the dictionary

  1. ultrahomogeneous
  2. ultrahot
  3. ultrahuman
  4. ultrahydrophobic
  5. ultrahydrophobicity
  6. ultrahyped
  7. ultrahyperarid
  8. ultrahyperbolic
  9. ultrahypofractionation
  10. ultraimperialism
  11. ultraimperialist

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