overrated

Word family  noun rate rating adjective overrated ≠ underrated verb rate overrate ≠ underrate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·ver·rated /ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪd◂ $ ˌoʊ-/ adjective  EXAGGERATEnot as good or important as some people think or say 评价过高的，高估的 OPP underrated a vastly overrated film 被大肆吹捧的一部电影 —overrate verb [transitive]

Examples from the Corpus

overrated• I think her books are very overrated.• For he would never say it is overrated.• The whole business of eating out in restaurants she considered a worryingly overrated activity.• Critics claim that many soccer players are overpaid, overrated and out of touch.• It's an overrated commodity, you know that.• the most overrated film of the yearvastly overrated• Fashion photography is vastly overrated as a creative medium.

o·ver·rated adjectiveChineseSyllable  

good as or some important as not Corpus

overrated
o‧ver‧rated /ˌəʊvəˈreɪtəd◂, ˌəʊvəˈreɪtɪd◂ $ ˌoʊ-/ adjectivenot as good or important as some people think or say
   OPP  underrated:
    a vastly overrated film
—overrate verb [transitive]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ exaggerate to say that something is much bigger, better, worse, more important etc than it really is: He exaggerated his own achievements. | These claims are wildly exaggerated. | The grass in the garden was about three feet high – I’m not exaggerating.
   ▪ blow something (up) out of all proportion to say a situation or event is a lot worse or much more serious than it really is: The problem really has been blown up out of all proportion.
   ▪ make too much of something to treat something that has happened as though it were more important or serious than it really is – used especially when saying that you should not do this: She loved the fact that he’d sent her flowers, but she didn’t want to make too much of it in case it meant nothing. | It's probably nothing – children often get these strange ideas. You shouldn’t make too much of them
   ▪ overemphasize (also overemphasise British English) to say that a part of something is more important and has a bigger effect than is really true, especially in relation to other things: The importance of cleanliness in the preparation of food cannot be overemphasized. | Historians have tended to overemphasize the role of the monarchy in British history.
   ▪ overstate to describe something in a way that makes it sound more important or serious than it really is: Sometimes she overstates her case. | The importance of advertising can hardly be overstated.
   ▪ overplay to make something seem more important than it is, in the way that you talk about it or treat it: The media has greatly overplayed this issue.
   ▪ glorify to make someone or something seem much better, less harmful etc than they really are – used when you think it is wrong to do this: His films glorify violence. | My father never glorified war. | These images were produced in order to glorify the empire.
   ▪ talk something up informal to talk about something in a way that makes it appear more important, interesting, or successful than it really is, especially to get someone’s support or interest: At the interview, he talked up his experience of working in sales. | The government tried to talk up the threat posed by these countries, in order to justify an increase in military spending.
   ▪ overrated adjective if you think someone or something is overrated, you think they are not nearly as good as people claim: I think her books are overrated. | As a player he’s overrated.
   ▪ idealized adjective an idealized image, view, picture etc of someone or something shows them as being much better than they really are: His books give an idealized picture of English rural life. | her friend’s idealized view of marriage