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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overpraise .
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Examples
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The summer's comedies were also of the second rank, with the exception of Kirsten Wiig's riotous, albeit overpraised, Bridesmaids and a few moments in Friends With Benefits (from Will Gluck, who made last year's winning Emma Stone hit Easy A) and 30 Minutes Or Less (a disappointing second outing from Ruben Fleischer, director of Zombieland).
The Hangover II, Final Destination 5: will the summer of sequels never end? 2011
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But you also include a quote from Harry Herbert Crosby who called King "the most lavishly overpraised man of his time" (p. 296).
A Conversation with Martha Sandweiss about Passing Strange 2010
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Whether you think he was overpraised by some, underappreciated by others or whether you don't give a hoot doesn't really mean much to me.
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No sooner is Jonathan Franzen's new book greeted in his native land with hurrahs, than our newspapers fill with articles moaning limply that he's overpraised.
Britishness Acquires an Extra Crunch Sam Leith 2010
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Lost In Translation was overpraised but it's a good film with two very nice performances and for that director Sofia Coppola deserves full credit.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: "Downton Abbey" Frothy Fun Michael Giltz 2011
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I think that book has suffered by being overpraised.
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010
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Indeed, our military’s biting criticism of itself is one of the few positive signs in a fighting force that is otherwise overstretched, deeply frustrated, and ridiculously overpraised by genuflecting politicians.
William Astore: Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire: What It Means When We Say We Have the World's Finest Fighting Force William Astore 2011
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Indeed, our military’s biting criticism of itself is one of the few positive signs in a fighting force that is otherwise overstretched, deeply frustrated, and ridiculously overpraised by genuflecting politicians.
William Astore: Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire: What It Means When We Say We Have the World's Finest Fighting Force William Astore 2011
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I think King has been overpraised because of the (relative) gravitas he brought to the horror novel.
Looking over his shoulder Roger Sutton 2009
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Lost In Translation was overpraised but it's a good film with two very nice performances and for that director Sofia Coppola deserves full credit.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: "Downton Abbey" Frothy Fun Michael Giltz 2011
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