Overcelebrated

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of overcelebrate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 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

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"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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