as in exaggerated
extended beyond normal or realistic bounds
his war stories were embellished with overdrawn descriptions of battle and efforts to save the wounded
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as in overdone
to describe or express in too strong terms
commentators have overdrawn the dangers of the sport in order to make it appear more exciting
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Recent Examples of overdrawn
Benjamin C. Waterhouse, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
With the climate crisis in mind, architects are looking to more resilient options that don’t depend on the overdrawn electrical grid at all.
—Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023
But some banks across the U.S. have been seizing checks distributed to clients whose accounts are overdrawn.
—Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2020
When federal stimulus checks began arriving in bank accounts in recent days, USAA seized funds from customers whose accounts were overdrawn — sparking blow-back for the San Antonio financial services company.
—Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 16 Apr. 2020
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An extended transcript of Scalia’s testimony to then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) during his confirmation hearings, largely recounted to make the current president look ill-informed, seemed especially overdrawn.
—Benjamin C. Waterhouse, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
With the climate crisis in mind, architects are looking to more resilient options that don’t depend on the overdrawn electrical grid at all.
—Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023
But some banks across the U.S. have been seizing checks distributed to clients whose accounts are overdrawn.
—Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2020
When federal stimulus checks began arriving in bank accounts in recent days, USAA seized funds from customers whose accounts were overdrawn — sparking blow-back for the San Antonio financial services company.
—Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 16 Apr. 2020
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Guadagnino encourages our doubts, shooting Maggie in exaggerated horror-movie closeups set to the doomy bass notes and shrieking winds of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s score.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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But the question remains whether exaggerated fears are sufficient to trigger political violence.—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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The term bubble usually refers to a period of inflated stock prices or valuations of companies that have disconnected from the fundamentals of a business.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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More often, consumers pay for layers of marketing and inflated brand premiums.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Overdrawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdrawn. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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