overexposed

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 United’s decade-plus of footballing dysfunction owes a partial debt to hiring processes that can make sense in the moment, but leave head coaches overexposed. Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025 If most of your liabilities reprice simultaneously, you’re overexposed. Meelan Gupta, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexposed
Verb
  • Annabelle has been in so many movies now, to the point of being overused (the real doll has even been suspected of paranormal activity recently).
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The redemption story is overused in sports, but Anisimova coming back from a double-bagel Wimbledon final defeat against Iga Świątek to beat the same player a couple of months later was extraordinary.
    The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Texans were up 28-21, and Keller had exhausted all of its timeouts.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Defense lawyers could still file appeals, but once those challenges are exhausted, the ruling becomes final and any prison terms can be enforced.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For decades, the profession has been stereotyped as a world of calculators and spreadsheets, quietly humming in the background of business.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This is, of course, a tremendously unfair characterization of the lunch lady, who, given her profession of feeding hungry children, ought to be stereotyped as saintly rather than monstrous.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Davis and his crew got bored and went to the liquor store.
    Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The first instinct when bored at work is to search for a new job.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Overexposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexposed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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