"Overblown" means something that is exaggerated, exaggeratedly intense, or overly dramatic.
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What we will not do is engage
in overblown rhetoric or a xenophobic race to the bottom.
The final, longest deleted scene features a naked Quaid passed out on a bed post-tryst with a business partner that ends with a shooting, leading to the realization that for
as overblown as much of the picture is, it could have gone a lot worse.
Fort Drum is just the latest military base to become the subject of
overblown claims by wind power opponents with ties to fossil fuel interests.
These emotions often surprise others and seem
way overblown for the situation at hand.
Next, the «horrendous amount of taxes» you'll pay annually in a non-qualified account is vastly
overblown by everyone in the system too.
After months of
overblown rhetoric from the Chancellor, the concerns of those watching his announcement today will be about:
Either the rescue story was as
vastly overblown as the size of the dogs and the «horrible cruelty» or the Wolfeboro, NH Police Department grossly under - charged the owner with only two misdemeanor counts of animal neglect.
All of this concern about security may
seem overblown at most or overly complicated at least.
It's time for the Conservatives and Labour to realise that the world has moved on, reform is no longer a taboo subject and voters expect politicians to deliver results based on solid evidence,
not overblown rhetoric.
I get very critical when I feel like directors just rely
on overblown CGI effects to create the story they are telling.
If the score seems a
little overblown in places, I must admit to feeling goosebumps with the reprise of the Beastie Boys» Sabotage.
The notion that good strategies or systems do not travel well is too
often overblown (Elmore, 2000, pp. 28 — 29).
I realize I'm much larger than a 70kilo man btw — I just think their estimates on how much a NICU preemie is getting are
wildly overblown based on my experience.
Their fragile egos and
overblown sense of self - worth can make them a nightmare, but their drive can make them a dream.
Not sure how well the sports analogy holds, there's still tons of sporting prospects who
get overblown hype based on simple measurables like a fastball in the high 90s, football player that runs a sub 4.4 second 40 yard dash, or an NBA player with a huge vertical, and that's aside from the simple eye ball test of «well he looks like a good player.»
The argument
feels overblown for what he would bring in terms of talent infusion.
Most overblown installations might as well have quit halfway through anyway.
He regularly gave performances to public then private audiences in Los Angeles (once reactions to his extraordinarily visceral work became
too overblown in general audiences), he was also a principle promoter of Los Angeles and Southern California art scene on Close Radio, a station which broadcasted artist interviews, discussions with scholars like Marshall McLuhan and Gene Youngblood.
This movie runs on cliché and is fueled by emotional treacle, dripping
into overblown schmaltz at the worst moments, reveling in these instances of excess in ways that are consistently maddening.
Matthew Barney, Paul McCarthy, Jason Rhodes, Charles Ray, and a simulated crime scene by Pepón Osorio all anticipate twenty years of
overblown installations.
Unfortunately, as I've written in the Diversification Series at Mindfully Investing, the prospect of a free meal can lead the undiscriminating investor to a stew of
overblown expectations and a portfolio that deflates like a bad soufflé.
Yahoo Finance, for one, says the move kills the wearable revolution «before it even begins,» with writer Jeff Macke listing reasons for why fitness bands are just
overblown hype.
On November 3rd, the ABA Journal reported on a story which I thought was
somewhat overblown in other sources reporting the same story.
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I don't think it's
overblown at all, I think it's a part of management often overlooked if honest.
Privacy concerns are
likely overblown, but for the truly concerned there are alternatives that won't gather personal information.
Shadow business secretary Alan Duncan added: «When Labour came into power, they recklessly committed to eliminate fuel poverty in vulnerable households by 2010; now they are beginning to realise that are victims of their own
overblown promises.
Mostly «Hoodwinked Too» is playing to young video gamers, with
overblown action sequences and slangy «tude.
The cuts were necessary because the commission used
overblown estimates of what renewable energy sources would be available during its rushed implementation of the standard — as noted in the Empire Center's October 2016
It's a typically
overblown story of staggering vastness — don't expect quest items to be retrieved without at least some grind — but the appeal of Bravely Default often comes from the quieter moments.
Wow... Based on those quotes, I'd say the problem in their marriage wasn't the fact that he looked at po - rn, but that both of them reacted in a
massively overblown fashion.
Square Enix have become living examples of what is wrong with the Japanese game industry —
from overblown budgets spent after servicing their CGI fetish to incessant spin - offs and ports creating a «franchise fatigue».
Last year's Cassadaga was met with mixed reviews, thanks to
overblown production coupled with a lack of focus.
The mish - mash of excessive contours and
overblown styling cues certainly don't make the crossover derivative of anything else we've seen.
There's plenty to complain about with this film, but there's also plenty to compliment, if not, well, praise, and while I wish there was a bit more consistency to the realization of this promising project, there's enough entertainment value and charm to make the final product an endearing, if
overblown one.
«We want to embrace and enjoy our growth without
becoming overblown in internal staff and slow in our decision - making.»