1
: excessively large in girth : portly
2
: inflated
overblown claims
overblown rhetoric
also
: pretentious
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Adjective (2)
overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
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Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2024
Yet with the election one week away, fears of the election being derailed or defined by AI now appear to have been overblown.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
The medical drama is one of network television’s most overdone and overblown genres.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024
As Abbott’s organic sales growth continues to shine, the market will realize both concerns are overblown.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Some investors and observers assert that fears about the Trump economic platform are overblown.
—Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2024
Yet with the election one week away, fears of the election being derailed or defined by AI now appear to have been overblown.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
The medical drama is one of network television’s most overdone and overblown genres.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024
As Abbott’s organic sales growth continues to shine, the market will realize both concerns are overblown.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overblown. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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