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what does it mean?


Question Posted Tuesday June 3 2008, 12:45 am

when people say that something is "overated" what do they mean by that???

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BABYDOLL_ answered Sunday June 8 2008, 1:46 am:
Many people have already answered this, but i'll answer, anyway haha :] Overrated means that something is too talked about. Like, there's too much extended excitement over something. For example, Myspace: Thousands of people use Myspace & hundreds of people mention it daily.

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pinkpolkadots answered Wednesday June 4 2008, 5:54 am:
They mean that the something in question doesn't live up to the hype that proceeds it.

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hollarealwomen answered Tuesday June 3 2008, 7:50 pm:
overrated means something that is given too much hype and when you actaully do it or witness it it's not actuallly not worth or the talk and hype

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uisforukelele answered Tuesday June 3 2008, 10:46 am:
Something is not really as good as people said it was. Like, if your friends talk about how great a movie is, and when you go see it you think it sucks. The movie would be overrated.

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Shelly_x answered Tuesday June 3 2008, 8:22 am:
Overrated means thinking too highly of something.


These are some definitions I got from the net:

1. To overestimate the merits of; rate too highly.

2. To have too high an opinion of

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triquetra answered Tuesday June 3 2008, 6:07 am:
When they think that somebody gets a score which they feel is more than what that person should've gotten.

I hope this helped,
triquetra

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