What Is the meaning of " Over rated"??

Question

i hav seenSOME people using this word frequently...

Answer 1

overrated:

to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.

Answer 2

Dhoni is the mean of extream overated

Answer 3

MS Dhoni

Answer 4

To have too high an opinion of. For example as dhoni is highest paid player in Ipl, but he is not playing well . So every body is saying that dhoni is so overrated.

Answer 5

It means to exaggerate.  To rate very high, giving too much value or importance a kinda hype.

Answer 6

Simple answer with example-MS DHONI

Answer 7

over rated is when people think something is better than it actually is.

Like for example if people believed Bangladesh were the best team. This would be over rated becuase they aren't really a good team..they could be some day but they aren't rite now.

If you're talking about Herchielle Gibbs he's not an over rated player but just a really good player..

Answer 8

the player is thought to be better than he/she actually is

Answer 9

It's the same as saying something seems better than it is or that it is talked about too much.

[EDIT] I just realized this is in Cricket. I'm not sure what the meaning is relating to sports.

Answer 10

* to have too high an opinion of

*To overestimate the merits of; rate too highly.

In case of Dhoni : what people mean is that he is not as good as all think he is.

Answer 11

the way it is being used on here is basically saying that a player is not as good as what alot of people are saying they are

for example if people are coming on here saying that Yuvraj is the best batsman in the world and then they are "overating" him as a batsman because he is not the best batsman in the world (probably sangakkara or mike hussey for my mind)

a player is over-rated when people claim he is better than he is, hopefully that helps

Answer 12

over exposed, perhaps. Too much importance attached to something  that is not ALL that.

Answer 13

The Bangalore Royal Challengers!

Answer 14

It means that people have generally been praising this person/thing more than it deserves.

For example if lots of people say "She is a really really smart person!" when in fact she is actually not very smart.. this means she was 'overrated'.