Learn English – What’s the English word for something that given attention too much to

word-request

What's the word to describe something like this :

Adam : Tony's car is awesome, everybody is talking about it.

Now say, I'm jealous to his car (presumably).

I : Nah, his car is just …?

I know that the options for the word may depend on some situations, but for the specific situation for given example above how should I express it? The world itself would be formal.

Best Answer

One word commonly used in this situation is overrated. The verb form, overrate, means "to rate, value, or estimate too highly". (Merriam-Webster.)

The critics loved that movie, but I think it's seriously overrated.

On the other hand, overrated doesn't necessarily imply a large amount of attention. A movie can be overrated by the critics even if only three critics saw it.