overpromoted

Example Sentences

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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 is an excruciating fly-on-the-wall witness to Allison's vainglory, Swales's self-regard for his own leadership qualities and the poor young players' overpromoted helplessness.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

Tables of average heights and weights for children have been so overpromoted that many mothers spend their time jittering needlessly about whether a youngster is up to par.

From Time Magazine Archive