overpromoted
Example Sentences
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But he also said Arday was unfairly hounded by the press and let down by Cambridge University, which overpromoted him then abandoned him when under scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The jobs would be temporary, so the economic benefit is grossly overpromoted.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2014
So, if you lose money because you overpromoted your event, paid too much for tag stickers or other reasonable expense, you’re stuck with the loss.
From Forbes ● Jun. 22, 2014
I like to think we were a rather beady-eyed panel, all of us practitioners in the crafts of writing, editing and publishing, and wise to the ways of marketing buzz and overpromoted young novelists.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2013
It reminds you how lousy and overpromoted so much "hot," "innovative" American art in the 1980s was.
From Time Magazine Archive
