What does the word overrated mean?

Question

can i get a clear definition of what it means

Answer 1

that it is givin more to then what it really needs, thought more of then it needs to be thought of. talk more about then it was ment to be talked about.  

Answer 2

It means something has too much hype. Like if somebody is overrated, that means everybody says that person is the best at something when they are really just average.

Answer 3

Not living up to expectations

Answer 4

omg jessica i sure hope u thought that said overpopulated

overrated is something that is thought of as better than it really is

kinda like the us

Answer 5

rating excessively, than it deserve.

Answer 6

it means that its just too much

Answer 7

It means that something is rated highly, and said to be very good; hence you have high expectations - however, it does not meet these expectations, meaning you believe that something is overrated (it does not deserve the high ratings it gets). Ratings is a scaling of something being good - for example, music gets rated, or videos on youtube may get a five star rating - and then when you listen to the music or watch the video, you don't think it deserves those five stars, and hence it's overrated (in your mind). It's a personal opinion, because some people may find that piece of music or that video excellent and deserving of 5 stars, hence they think it's not overrated, but you do.

Answer 8

How about you look it up in a dictionary?

www.dictionary.com.

Answer 9

It means people make it sound better then it really is.

Answer 10

Anything that is given too much credit and hype.  

Answer 11

like california is over rated it just mean to many people