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adjective

Definition of overplayednext
as in enlarged

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overplayed

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verb

past tense of overplay
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as in overemphasized

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as in underplayed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overplayed
  1. overstated
  2. enacted
  3. exaggerated
  4. overblown
  5. embroidered
  6. inflated
Verb
  • In 2001, Enron collapsed in a market-shaking bankruptcy amid revelations that the company had grossly overstated its earnings.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Dec. 2024
  • For example, say your spouse failed to report income, overstated deductions, or straight-up committed tax fraud.
    Ashley Case, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of overstated
Verb
  • Since it was enacted in California in January, 32 alerts have been issued and 27 young Black people found, Bradford said.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That means the new 119th Congress, sworn in January 2025, could vote to reverse any of Biden’s policies enacted after about the beginning of August 2024, with a simple majority.
    Dipka Bhambhani, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of enacted
Adjective
  • Cats use exaggerated movements to show emotions, rather than painting them on their faces.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • And then, Jamie suddenly returned in the episode’s final moments, proving that reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of exaggerated
Adjective
  • But London Business School professor Julian Birkinshaw says that story of disruption and destruction is overblown.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Faculty and administration should undertake aggressive social norming campaigns that highlight the fact that students want to discuss controversial topics and that fears of shunning and shaming are overblown.
    Manu Meel, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of overblown
Adjective
  • Needless to say, Sabyasachi is a big proponent of a daring wardrobe, whether that means ditching the LBD cocktail standard for a fanciful embroidered look or setting a table with unexpected creative bravado.
    Bridget Foley, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The interior also sports signature quilting, along with embroidered Speed badging on the headrests and a Speed plaque in the treadplate.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2021
Definition of embroidered
Adjective
  • Unless the Top-Tier VC funds can create more unicorns or sell more of their mediocre ventures as strategic sales to corporations at inflated prices, their strategy may be at risk of failing.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • An inflated sense of humans’ capacity to control AI can, in fact, exacerbate the very risks that critics fear.
    Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of inflated
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