as in exaggerated
extended beyond normal or realistic bounds
overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
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But in a Wednesday note, investment research firm Ned Davis Research said these fears may be overblown.
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Lisa Kailai Han,brian Evans, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
However, some Democrats, including Massachusetts Representative Seth Moulton, suggested the backlash was overblown, arguing that public opinion is shifting in favor of restrictions on transgender athletes.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Yet Tesla has continually failed to realize the executive’s overblown promises of fully autonomous self-driving cars, and some analysts are deeply skeptical about his attempts to grow Tesla as an AI company that also makes humanoid robots.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
The rest of it is an overblown action sequence with horrible dialogue and voice-over work.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han,brian Evans, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
However, some Democrats, including Massachusetts Representative Seth Moulton, suggested the backlash was overblown, arguing that public opinion is shifting in favor of restrictions on transgender athletes.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Yet Tesla has continually failed to realize the executive’s overblown promises of fully autonomous self-driving cars, and some analysts are deeply skeptical about his attempts to grow Tesla as an AI company that also makes humanoid robots.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
The rest of it is an overblown action sequence with horrible dialogue and voice-over work.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overblown. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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