over exaggerated or exaggerated

“Over-exaggerated” is a redundancy. If something is exaggerated, it’s already overstressed.

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• disgression vs discretion
• as less as possible vs as little as possible
• tragedy vs travesty
• whimp vs wimp
• hyperdermic vs hypodermic
• swam vs swum
• soar vs sore
• intergrate vs integrate
• appauled vs appalled
• hock vs hawk

Definitions

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• v  to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
• v  do something to an excessive degree
• s  represented as greater than is true or reasonable
  an exaggerated opinion of oneself
• s  enlarged to an abnormal degree
  thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes

News & Articles

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• Channel 4 could be bouncing back
  If you are to believe the demographics for the May sweeps, then reports of the demise of Channel 4 News are greatly exaggerated. Or it could be an aberration.
  June 19, 2013 - The Buffalo News
• Is NSA exaggerating its surveillance successes?
  Has the National Security Agency exaggerated the importance of some of its sweeping surveillance programs? That’s what agency critics are charging after top US security officials defended recently disclosed NSA activities at an extraordinary House Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday.
  June 18, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
• 23 times the immigration reform bill has been at death's door
  Reports of the legislation's impending demise have been greatly exaggerated
  June 18, 2013 - The Week via Yahoo! News