overhype

o·ver·hype

 (ō′vər-hīp′)
tr.v. o·ver·hyped, o·ver·hyp·ing, o·ver·hypes Slang
To promote or publicize to excess: Promoters grossly overhyped the movie.
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overhype

(ˌəʊvəˈhaɪp)
vb (tr)
to promote excessively
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The Kingswells youngster, who has just left Bucksburn academy, soon began travelling to trade shows across scotland, and set up an online store named Overhype.
"I realised I could start a business of my own and I began with pop-up shops in aberdeen and Glasgow as well as running Overhype online.
I want Overhype to be as big as it can be because I believe there's a market out there for something like this.
He added it's also important not to "overhype" 5G until the use cases justify the technology.
The report cited Lt Gen Hooda, who was the Northern Army Commander in September 2016 when Indian troops carried out the surgical strikes after the Uri terror attack, as saying that the "overhype" did not help and "it is not good" when "military operations get politicised".
WiMAX operators who overhype their networks' peak speeds risk angering early adopters who feel their expectations haven't been met, an analyst from Pyramid Research said.
In reality neither happened which isn't surprising as the papers always overhype any weather stories to come up with sensational headlines.
"It's in everyone's interests to try and find the positives and to overhype it like the Premiership."
He did overhype Route 66, though, asking: "How many other roads do you know that people sing about?" Well, for a start there's Penny Lane (The Beatles) 53rd and 3rd (The Ramones), Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty), The Wall Street Shuffle (10cc) and Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan).
The brokers naturally overhype them because -- remember -- they don't make any money if the transaction doesn't happen," says Pattison, adding that "I, however, make money regardless of the outcome."
Martinez has been careful not to overhype the highly-rated youngster throughout his strong start to the season.