to oversell
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4.9
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈsɛl/
:
exagerar
- "There is a temptation to oversell when we are seeking to attract new clients," he says.
- oversell the experience
Even if they oversell it a fair bit.
- Even if they oversell it a fair bit.
- I think that they're important, but I think that they're oversold in a way.
- Now we might say, OK, Pascal, you're overselling that part.
- That the way they're describing this, I can't tell if they're like overselling it or not.
- So how do you handle the situation of selling the value of your team but not overselling it?
- Right, Because you could easily start blowing up like smoke, like overselling the hype and feeding into getting some fundraisers.
- And I think that I think some distributors oversell what will happen to films in order to get them.
- It's not just finance, but the article is not just sultry wood nymph, so I don't want to oversell it to you.
- And and they did come up with it and it, I mean, they oversold the hell out of it, which is really terrible.
- And it's like we're in a culture that just sells us that we kind of oversells us on freedom because freedom's great, right?
Examples
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In their eagerness to close the deal, recruiters sometimes oversell, skirting the border of misrepresentation when they solicit applicants.
Academic text (2003) -
When marketing the new product, be careful not to oversell its benefits or you may disappoint customers.
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Did I oversell this kid, gentlemen?
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Offer other alternatives to accessing their primary reading goal, but do not oversell.
Academic text (2000) -
I think you are overselling it a little.
Blog text (32) -
No one wants to oversell future progress, but it shouldn't be ignored either.
Blog text (23) -
But don't oversell the effects of lifting it.
Blog text (9) -
Your headline is overselling your actual conclusions.
Blog text (24) -
I worry about overselling and drawing people in who normally wouldn't consider buying.
Blog text (21) -
Even those involved in the artificial intelligence (AI) research community tend to be conservative after having been burned more than once by overselling AI.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
258
3.1
To say something is larger, better, or worse than it really is
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4.2
Say something is bigger or more important than it really is
53
4.4
To promote something with exaggerated, flashy advertising to get attention
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4.2
To make something seem more important or bigger than it really is
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4.1
To say that something is better or more important than it really is
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4.6
Make something seem more important or serious than it really is
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5.6
To make something seem bigger or more important than it really is
9
4.3
Make something seem more important or impressive than it is
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5.5
Treat something as more important than it should be
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7.8
To say you are more important or successful than you really are
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9.5
To make something seem more important by adding details or exaggerating
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3.7
To make something seem more important or bigger than it is
4
5.8
Praise something more than it really deserves
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5.1
Make something seem much bigger or more important than it is
1
5.9
To make something seem more important or serious than it is
1
6.4
To praise someone too much to make them seem better
1
6.4
To say too many good things about someone who does not deserve them
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5.4
To make something seem much worse or bigger than it is
1
7.9
To make something seem much bigger or more important than it really is
1
9.5
To promote something loudly and with exaggeration to get attention
1
8.9
To talk proudly about your achievements to show off
To talk too proudly about yourself or what you have done
Antonyms
How Exaggerated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oversell comes from the parts over- meaning 'too much' and sell meaning 'to offer for sale'. So, to oversell something is to praise or describe it as better than it really is.