overheated
adjective
over·heat·ed
ˌō-vər-ˈhē-təd 
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: characterized by marked inflation from an increase in demand and a decrease in supply
an overheated economy
Examples of overheated in a Sentence
She worked in a stuffy, overheated office.
The discussion was getting overheated.
The market for new houses is overheated.
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Nothing but quick and shocking outbursts of violence can pierce the movie’s surfaces of overheated restraint.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The overheated reports quieted after A Minecraft Movie did way better than anyone imagined, and quickly joined another surprise blockbuster, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, as top-priority sequels to go with other IP revivals from The Matrix to Practical Magic, Gremlins and Goonies.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
Bowman recalled a rental car dropped off at an airport on fire due to overheated brakes.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
For its murders, Elsbeth often likes to riff on actual people, places, and things found in New York’s five boroughs — Mafia history, high-end restaurant culture, the overheated co-op real-estate market, and so on.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The overheated reports quieted after A Minecraft Movie did way better than anyone imagined, and quickly joined another surprise blockbuster, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, as top-priority sequels to go with other IP revivals from The Matrix to Practical Magic, Gremlins and Goonies.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
Bowman recalled a rental car dropped off at an airport on fire due to overheated brakes.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
For its murders, Elsbeth often likes to riff on actual people, places, and things found in New York’s five boroughs — Mafia history, high-end restaurant culture, the overheated co-op real-estate market, and so on.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overheated
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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overheated. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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