overheated
adjective
over·heat·ed
ˌō-vər-ˈhē-təd 
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: characterized by marked inflation from an increase in demand and a decrease in supply
an overheated economy
Examples of overheated in a Sentence
She worked in a stuffy, overheated office.
The discussion was getting overheated.
The market for new houses is overheated.
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Reflecting the mixed internal action and the overheated/overbought state of the tape exiting July, the S & P 500 has slowed, flattened out and cooled over the past five or six weeks.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
In that case, a wheel bearing failed, overheated, and caught fire, and thus, a 38-car Norfolk Southern freight train derailed near the municipality of about 5,000 people on Feb. 3, 2023.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Large plumes of overheated material rising upwards in Earth’s mantle teared this early crust apart, pushing fragments downwards.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Their extreme speeds suggest they were launched by powerful, violent events, but no single theory has been able to explain both their breakneck velocities and their puffed-up, overheated appearances — perhaps until now.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
In that case, a wheel bearing failed, overheated, and caught fire, and thus, a 38-car Norfolk Southern freight train derailed near the municipality of about 5,000 people on Feb. 3, 2023.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Large plumes of overheated material rising upwards in Earth’s mantle teared this early crust apart, pushing fragments downwards.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Their extreme speeds suggest they were launched by powerful, violent events, but no single theory has been able to explain both their breakneck velocities and their puffed-up, overheated appearances — perhaps until now.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overheated. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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