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Indeed, our military’s biting criticism of itself is one of the few positive signs in a fighting force that is otherwise overstretched, deeply frustrated, and ridiculously overpraised by genuflecting politicians.

William Astore: Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire: What It Means When We Say We Have the World's Finest Fighting Force

I think King has been overpraised because of the (relative) gravitas he brought to the horror novel.

Looking over his shoulder

I think that book has suffered by being overpraised.

MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa)

Whether you think he was overpraised by some, underappreciated by others or whether you don't give a hoot doesn't really mean much to me.

iPhone 4S: Stephen Fry's review

Lost In Translation was overpraised but it's a good film with two very nice performances and for that director Sofia Coppola deserves full credit.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: "Downton Abbey" Frothy Fun

No sooner is Jonathan Franzen's new book greeted in his native land with hurrahs, than our newspapers fill with articles moaning limply that he's overpraised.

Britishness Acquires an Extra Crunch

The summer's comedies were also of the second rank, with the exception of Kirsten Wiig's riotous, albeit overpraised, Bridesmaids and a few moments in Friends With Benefits (from Will Gluck, who made last year's winning Emma Stone hit Easy A) and 30 Minutes Or Less (a disappointing second outing from Ruben Fleischer, director of Zombieland).

The Hangover II, Final Destination 5: will the summer of sequels never end?

But you also include a quote from Harry Herbert Crosby who called King "the most lavishly overpraised man of his time" (p. 296).

A Conversation with Martha Sandweiss about Passing Strange

Seeing Tarantino looking smug while he was undeservedly overpraised made me hurl.

Tallulah Morehead: Splattered by Golden Globs: Preening in the Rain

Brooklyn band the National has been overpraised and under-famous since the release of 2007's "Boxer," which did well enough to suggest a move from underground stardom to the actual kind was there for the asking.

Album review: The National, "High Violet"