1. to inflate something with too much air or gas
2. to exaggerate the importance, value, or size of something
Usage: figurative

Examples

• Don’t overinflate the basketball or it might burst.
• The tire pressure gauge showed he had overinflated the front tires.
• The media tends to overinflate the significance of minor political events.
• She overinflated her role in the project’s success.
• The company overinflated its earnings projections to attract investors.
• Be careful not to overinflate the air mattress.
• Critics accused him of overinflating his military service record.