overrated
Example Sentences
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It also recommended no screening for men with a family history of the disease, for the same reason - too many cancers would be overdiagnosed and overtreated.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
“But at the same time we have people overtreated, we also have people who are untreated.”
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025
But in recent decades, diagnosis of the disorder has soared in children and adolescents, although some experts believe the condition is overdiagnosed or overtreated with potent psychiatric drugs.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021
In most cases, such abnormalities are harmless, she said, but some people might get overtreated.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2019
I wonder how many patients are being overtreated by adherence to the 5.7 percent criterion.
From Scientific American • Mar. 2, 2018
