overrated
adjective
over·rat·ed
ˌō-vər-ˈrā-təd 
: rated or valued too highly
an overrated book/movie/restaurant
The reign of James I is under scrutiny again. For too long this king has been the victim of literary pastiche, deployed as a foil to the fleeing glory of the overrated Elizabeth I.—
J. A. Guy
J. A. Guy… Garrick had arranged for a member of the audience (a fellow actor), dressed as a Frenchified fop, to complain—as connoisseurs of French literary taste had complained for generations—that Shakespeare was vulgar, provincial, and overrated.—Jonathan Bate
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If the playoffs didn’t add enough motivation to perform, Haliburton has also been drawing some from an NBA players poll, which had him as the most common answer for most overrated player in the league.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
And definitely don’t ask how the rest of that team’s run went.
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The early Blues were the weirdest expansion team ever — sorry Vegas — going to the final three straight years and then getting their doors kicked in each time, occasionally ending things with an overrated photo op.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The world's most overrated vegetable, to the extent that anybody should even pause to think about it.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Still, only a week ago, fans and media were criticizing Craig Counsell as an overrated manager who watched his relievers give up eight runs in the eighth inning of a road loss.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
And definitely don’t ask how the rest of that team’s run went.
St. Louis Blues -20
The early Blues were the weirdest expansion team ever — sorry Vegas — going to the final three straight years and then getting their doors kicked in each time, occasionally ending things with an overrated photo op.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The world's most overrated vegetable, to the extent that anybody should even pause to think about it.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Still, only a week ago, fans and media were criticizing Craig Counsell as an overrated manager who watched his relievers give up eight runs in the eighth inning of a road loss.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overrated
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“Overrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overrated. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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