Thesaurus results for OVEREXPOSED

overexposed

verb

past tense of overexpose

as in overused

to use so much as to make less appealing seeking to capitalize on its only breakout hit, the network fatally overexposed the game show by scheduling it every night of the week

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Recent Examples of overexposed Imai had pitched twice in the previous 19 days, occupying a roster spot while leaving his fellow relievers overexposed. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 While some use leverage strategically, many are overexposed, risking severe losses when markets inevitably correct, proving even good ideas can fail without surviving volatility. — Andrew Graham, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 However, the sky is overexposed and completely devoid of blue. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026 They can get dehydrated and overexposed to the sun and are unable to cool down. — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 25 June 2026 Talent can lose trust, seem overexposed, fall out of sync with the moment, or simply become less compelling. — Lin Cherry, Fortune, 17 May 2026 Not all are stars yet, and even some of the more talented players get overexposed, but these people can generally play the roles required of them. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 May 2026 And overexposed to real estate. — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 Valuations for the funds last month dropped to their lowest since 2022 amid concerns that the lenders may be overexposed to software businesses under threat from AI disruption. — Olivia Fishlow, Bloomberg, 25 Apr. 2026

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While the analogy may be slightly overused, the challenge is that oil still needs to be refined into a useful end product.

— Guy Courtin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Although the word ‘hero’ is greatly overused in today’s society, in my mind, Calvin Duncan is a hero in the truest sense of that word.

— Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026

Definition of overused

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Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to be depleted in 2032, with the combined retirement and disability trust funds exhausted by around 2033 or 2034.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
The result was a landscape repeatedly cleared and exhausted for cotton and other cash crops.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhausted

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But cultural myths and urban legends have also stereotyped them into Halloween mascots, demonic beings and carriers of diseases.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
For every identity that is stereotyped or marginalized in mainstream pop culture, there are thousands, if not millions, of very different people whose individuality gets erased in the process.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of stereotyped

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Needless to say, Parker and Stone quickly got bored with the subject, adding a subplot that saw Obama teaming up with his apparent nemesis John McCain to dig a tunnel from the Oval Office to the Smithsonian and steal the Hope Diamond.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
The popular Korean drama Flex X Cop, whose full first season and episode one of season two drop on August 7, centers on Jin I-soo, who is an immature heir to a massive company and is bored with his job.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

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