How to Use overrated in a Sentence

overrated

adjective
  • Full moons are overrated and, frankly, a pain.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • In this case, the bench dip is the overrated move in question.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 23 June 2022
  • Of the dozens of hormones found in the human body, oxytocin might just be the most overrated.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The crowds descend, the tourists add it to their lists; then, inevitably, come cries that the place is overrated.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Can Trae Young avoid the overrated chants and help the Hawks eke out a win?
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • The world's most overrated vegetable, to the extent that anybody should even pause to think about it.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Global monogamy is overrated, and there’s something to be said for dating around.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
  • To be fair, the narrative of whether a team is spending enough cash can be a little overrated.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • Who, by the way, is totally overrated.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The coach, who has been around a few good defenses in his career, didn’t sound ready to rip this one as overrated.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Somehow, neither is the least bit overrated.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Sacks, Macdonald said in the middle of the year, were an overrated stat.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
  • As the moon and Venus clash, obsessing over the details is overrated.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In the past, the Lakers would have been deep on the trade talks for overrated Bradley Beal.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
  • Berhalter’s critics will say culture is overrated or easy to create, but neither of those things are true.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Last but not least, Lincoln Riley is an overrated head football coach.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • For the author Laura van den Berg, living in a place with seasons is overrated.
    — Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
  • What’s the most overrated game-day experience?
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Rest, sleep, off days, a chance to heal bumps and bruises, an opportunity to refresh the mind and soul — all overrated.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Sometimes, the past is overrated, and the present underrated.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • At this point in time, the NBA has become a wildly overrated product.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Many health experts believe the risk of cancer from PCBs is overrated.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2024
  • Field of Dreams was his pick for most overrated baseball movie, and The Sandlot was his favorite for kids.
    — Savannah Walsh, ELLE, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Most of Auburn’s coaching staff has checked out, but something says that Ole Miss is a little overrated.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • And besides, landscapes are overrated.
    — Deena Prichep, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Besides, going out on New Year’s Eve is overpriced and overrated.
    — Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Others have said Mahomes is simply overrated.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Still, Smart painted a convincing picture that this was not an overrated unit being exposed.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Is being Gophers men's basketball coach a good job, hard job, great job, overrated job, or something in the middle?
    — Star Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021

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