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What is the word to describe that something is overly-hyped?

I mean something like buzzword or buzzphrase but of course those are not adjectives.

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"Overhyped" is a valid word. thefreedictionary.com/overhyped – Urbycoz Jul 25 '11 at 9:54
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Doesn't hyped already include the excess you want to convey? – GEdgar Jul 25 '11 at 14:48
its not accurate enough. i was wondering if anyone had any other alternative words – Pacerier Jul 25 '11 at 16:14

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Well, overhyped would work, but chiefly for something that is actually being (actively) hyped.

Overused or overexposed are good for something that has just been used so much it has lost all of its punch.

Beyond those two, there is cliched.

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Wouldn't that be clichéd? – configurator Jul 25 '11 at 15:54
not exactly what i was looking for.. but o well – Pacerier Jul 25 '11 at 16:15
@configurator - Probably. My USA keyboard doesn't have that special accented é key though, and I didn't really feel like figuring out how to produce it (or more likely, finding it in another word online and copy-and-pasting it, like I did here). Anyway, since our USA keyboards don't have that key, its perfectly acceptable to just use an e there. – T.E.D. Jul 25 '11 at 17:43
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At the risk of sounding a bit too obvious, I would be OK with the verb 'overhype', which I think is pretty standard in contemporary English and which Wiktionary, at least, lists as a word. You could therefore describe something as 'overhyped'.

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It sounds like a fad.

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