overheated

adjective

over·​heat·​ed ˌō-vər-ˈhē-təd How to pronounce overheated (audio)
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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for overheated

Word History

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of overheated was in 1693

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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overheated. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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