Overpromise

Quick meaning: Overpromise is a verb meaning To promise more than is delivered.

Meaning

To promise more than is delivered.

Example Sentences

We don't want to overpromise.

So rather than posh skin creams that overpromise, a good brow job gives instant results.

"[...] If the economy has tanked... then we don't want to over-promise and under-deliver."

Hope Hicks, one of the President’s longest-serving aides, warned Parscale against touting ticket request numbers, reminding him that the number one rule in politics is not to overpromise and underdeliver, a source familiar with the matter said.

Word Forms

• overpromises
• overpromising
• overpromised
• over-promise

Synonyms for overpromise

Depending on context, synonyms include overcommit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include outpromise, mispromise, underdeliver, underprovision, underpredict, misreveal.

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