1
: excessively large in girth : portly
2
: inflated
overblown claims
overblown rhetoric
also
: pretentious
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Adjective (2)
overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 31 Aug. 2025
However, claims of a mass exodus of wealthy non-doms in response to tax rises may be overblown.
—Ritika Gupta, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
To sum up, highly specialized and narrowly focused solutions are gaining momentum as investors are less focused on hype and more wary of overblown valuations.
—Elena Volotovskaya, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
But city officials have said the president's claims about crime are overblown.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
City leaders say residency requirement promotes accountability Hanson said staffing issues related to the residency requirement affect a small number of employees, and the idea that Indianapolis is struggling to hire across the board is overblown.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 31 Aug. 2025
However, claims of a mass exodus of wealthy non-doms in response to tax rises may be overblown.
—Ritika Gupta, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
To sum up, highly specialized and narrowly focused solutions are gaining momentum as investors are less focused on hype and more wary of overblown valuations.
—Elena Volotovskaya, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
But city officials have said the president's claims about crime are overblown.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overblown
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overblown. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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