verb
- to promote or publicize something excessively or with exaggerated claims
Usage: informal
noun
- excessive or exaggerated promotion or publicity
Usage: informal
Examples
- The movie was overhyped and didn’t live up to expectations.
- Critics accused the company of overhyping their new product.
- Don’t overhype the event or people will be disappointed.
- The restaurant suffered from overhype in the media.
- There’s always overhype around the latest technology trends.
- The book’s success was hurt by publisher overhype.
- Social media tends to overhype minor news stories.