Usually means: Exaggerated beyond the actual truth.
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  1. overstated: Merriam-Webster
  2. overstated: Collins English Dictionary
  3. overstated: Vocabulary.com
  4. Overstated, overstated: Wordnik
  5. overstated: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. overstated: Wiktionary
  7. Overstated, overstated: Dictionary.com
  8. overstated: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Overstated: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. overstated: Rhymezone
  11. Overstated: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. overstated: FreeDictionary.org
  13. overstated: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. overstated: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. OVERSTATED: Accounting Glossary
  2. overstated: Legal dictionary
  3. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overstated)

▸ adjective:  Having been overstated; exaggerated; stated, displayed, or presented too grandly or prominently.

Similar:
exaggerated, overdone, immoderate, overblown, over-egged, overinflated, overhyped, overweening, overclaimed, overboastful, more...

Opposite:
understated, subtle, restrained, muted, low-key

Types:
exaggerated, hyperbolic, overblown, overemphasized, overrated, overhyped, overinflated, overstretched, more...

Phrases:
not overstated, overstated obvious, more...

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Similar:
exaggerated, overdone, immoderate, overblown, over-egged, overinflated, overhyped, overweening, overclaimed, overboastful, more...

Opposite:
understated, subtle, restrained, muted, low-key

Types:
exaggerated, hyperbolic, overblown, overemphasized, overrated, overhyped, overinflated, overstretched, more...

Phrases:
not overstated, overstated obvious, more...

Colors:
    neon green,     electric blue,     hot pink,     fiery red,     bright yellow, more...



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