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- adjective Simple past tense and past participle of
overpromote .
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Examples
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That's given Breast Cancer Action the freedom to "change the conversation" and go against the grain, arguing that mammograms have been overhyped and overpromoted; that new cancer therapies cost too much but help too few; that chemicals in our consumers goods are fueling the breast cancer epidemic.
Breast cancer activist Brenner struggles to preserve voice 2011
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I do not wish to support this woman in any way; still less those who overpromoted her to her present role.
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Bacon, one feels, was overpromoted in his lifetime, and there is usually a price to pay for that, no matter what prices his work fetches.
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I suppose that this is what we deserve for allowing this bunch of overpromoted amateurs to take over.
Where were they ? Valleys Mam 2008
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I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't be any worse than the current crop of overpromoted and self aggrandised nonentities that we have at the moment.
Carwyn Is he Leadership Material ? Valleys Mam 2008
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They both took jobs at Granite Run Mall partly to be able to keep buying the proper clothes: the overpromoted, overpriced baggy jeans, sweat shirts and footgear that go with Marc's earrings and Shawn's modified fade.
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One strongly suspects that, like not a few overpromoted figures, she suffered from more self-hatred the more she was overpraised.
The Dogmatic Doubter 2007
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It seems that Amis Sr is now as notorious for being neglected as Amis Jr is for being overpromoted.
THE TROUBLE WITH KINGSLEY TEV 2007
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One strongly suspects that, like not a few overpromoted figures, she suffered from more self-hatred the more she was overpraised.
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The trouble is, the book may be a trifle overpromoted.
Economic Principals David Warsh 1993
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