overheated
adjective
over·heat·ed
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Definition of overheated
1
: perfervid
2
: characterized by marked inflation from an increase in demand and a decrease in supply
an overheated economy
Examples of overheated in a Sentence
She worked in a stuffy, overheated office.
The discussion was getting overheated.
The market for new houses is overheated.
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Well that’s a little bit of an overheated way of saying it. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, "A Penn Law Professor Wants to Make America White Again," 23 Aug. 2019 Aggressive spiders tend to be better at acquiring resources when food is scarce but are also more prone to fighting each other when starving or overheated. — Fox News, "Spiders are getting angrier because of evolutionary trick to survive ‘climate chaos’," 21 Aug. 2019 This is partly because I was born in 1958 and grew up in an era when humanity’s future in the stars seemed as assured as a bleak end on a battered, bruised, and overheated Earth seems today. — Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, "Goodnight Moon Landing," 18 July 2019 The fire was eventually blamed on overheated brakes. — Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, "At 91, Denton-raised big band vocalist is low key about the high life of her youth," 28 July 2019 Outside, the streets were jammed with overheated cops and underdressed revelers. — Aaron Hicklin, New York Times, "Lester Holt, NBC News Anchor, Moonlights as a Rocker," 27 July 2019 Keep a close watch on overheated kids, seniors and pets. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "Blazing heat wave expected to scorch Bay Area this weekend," 26 July 2019 That's because a cold front from Canada has traveled south, bringing with it some rain and a lot of much needed relief for overheated cities, many of which were under excessive heat watches over the weekend. — Hollie Silverman, CNN, "The deadly heat wave that gripped more than half of the US is finally coming to an end," 22 July 2019 Their humility is remarkable in the overheated atmosphere of an NFL locker room. — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Paul Daugherty: Clint Boling is walking away at the right time, for the right reasons," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overheated.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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overheated
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of overheated
: too hot
: too excited or emotional
of a market or economy
: having too much activity, growth, etc.
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