overrated

adjective

over·​rat·​ed ˌō-vər-ˈrā-təd 

: rated or valued too highly

an overrated book/movie/restaurant

The reign of James I is under scrutiny again. For too long this king has been the victim of literary pastiche, deployed as a foil to the fleeing glory of the overrated Elizabeth I.

—J. A. Guy

… Garrick had arranged for a member of the audience (a fellow actor), dressed as a Frenchified fop, to complain—as connoisseurs of French literary taste had complained for generations—that Shakespeare was vulgar, provincial, and overrated.

—Jonathan Bate

Examples of overrated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fame, by the way, is highly overrated because one of the things that keeps eating away at fame is age. —Derek Scancarelli, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024

Fifteen years ago, Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson thought that, on the heels of True Blood and Twilight, vampires were becoming a bit overrated. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024

But take it from a mom who spends her days sweating in the park while her toddler performs death defying acts of athleticism on metal play structures: Demure is overrated. —Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 16 Aug. 2024

Former President Donald Trump criticized late-night host Bill Maher in a Truth Social post on Saturday morning, calling him unfunny and overrated. —Keely Bastow, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above