Overcelebrated
adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of overcelebrate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Treated as more significant or praiseworthy than is deserved .
"To determine who are Chicago`s 10 most overcelebrated celebrities, we polled 75 readers, most of them, as it happens, journalists known to take pleasure in beating dead horses."
Example
More examples"To determine who are Chicago`s 10 most overcelebrated celebrities, we polled 75 readers, most of them, as it happens, journalists known to take pleasure in beating dead horses."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From over- + celebrated.
Etymology 2
From overcelebrate + -ed.
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