Both of the candidates' speeches were quite hyperbolic and not totally believable. From LearnThat.org.
hyperbolic functions. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The first, undervaluation of the future, is called hyperbolic discounting. From Wordnik.com. [Sima Gandhi: Why the Savings From Health Care Reform Are Underappreciated] Reference
This kind of hyperbolic rhetoric is really counter-productive. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Ricci Revisited:] Reference
That's why I suspect he's engaged in this kind of hyperbolic rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2004] Reference
This is the kind of hyperbolic statement that will repel otherwise moderate voters and thinkers. From Wordnik.com. [Equality Florida says St. Pete's next Mayor will be either Bill Foster or Scott Wagman] Reference
I think there comes a point when perhaps too many "hyperbolic" articles add up to an overall impression. From Wordnik.com. [Whiff-whaff] Reference
A common example is the assumption of 'hyperbolic' discounting. From Wordnik.com. [Crooked Timber] Reference
I've always wanted to legitimately use the word "hyperbolic," and now I can. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
It accused senior civil servants of using "hyperbolic" language to drag in the police. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Express News Feeds] Reference
Laherrere plots fits to his creaming curves using something be calls "hyperbolic" functions. From Wordnik.com. [The Oil Drum: Europe - Analysis and Discussion of the European Energy Gap and Peak Oil] Reference
I believe Samuel Beckett adequately characterized your attempt to move beyond "hyperbolic" in "Company". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Lugar dismissed Romney's position as "hyperbolic" and said he "appears unaware of arms control history and context.". From Wordnik.com. [Home/News] Reference
"hyperbolic" and questioned whether without it, the police would still have investigated. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
I haven’t seen that kind of hyperbolic language since those ads for the Amish-made space heaters. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The DeMint “Plan” — Fewer Jobs, Slower Growth, More Money for Rich People] Reference
But that's hyperbolic nonsense, most experts agree. From Wordnik.com. [A Grim Anniversary] Reference
I have omitted to mention the hyperbolic form of government. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
In this case, the totalitarian comparison is only mildly hyperbolic, however. From Wordnik.com. [Twitter and terrifying tale of modern Britain] Reference
The computer establishment's scorn may be hyperbolic, but it's understandable. From Wordnik.com. [The School of Hacking] Reference
Like many such activists, however, Ms. Warren can be simplistic and hyperbolic. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Post's Demented Take On The Warren Appointment] Reference
We may hence deduce the following property of the corresponding hyperbolic State. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
America's greatest (and most hyperbolic) architect turned out, in a way, to be right. From Wordnik.com. [Do The Wright Thing] Reference
He is, after all, intense and hyperbolic, and can make John Madden look downright sleepy. From Wordnik.com. [Money's Loud Voice] Reference
We shall not, therefore, discuss the complex polemical problems which a hyperbolic State suggests. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
I hope he can make some evidence available because I do think that that's a very hyperbolic charge. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2002] Reference
Some of my concerns were muted; others were heartfelt and expressed in slightly hyperbolic fashion. From Wordnik.com. [They Love Me, They Love Me Not] Reference
It is interesting to note how contemporary sacred literature abounds in similar hyperbolic expressions. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Beck acknowledges that he has viewers who are capable of responding violently to his hyperbolic accusations. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Helmke: Glenn Beck's Violent Words Harm America] Reference
The remaining quarter of the shield is hyperbolic in form with a small lozenge-shaped protrusion at the focus. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
The meaning, however, is this: Atichccheda or Atichcchanda implies a hyperbolic statement, Ativaua means a paradox. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Various orbits have been tried, elliptical, parabolic and hyperbolic; yet none will accord with all the observations. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
His crassly hyperbolic comments may concern a very small minority of people, French or not, working in a niche sector. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
My colleague Jennifer Jenkins gave one useful hyperbolic illustration, drawing on earlier work by the Electronic Frontier. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
Suddenly, we're getting stories about all of these animals and the hyperbolic chamber, which we fascinatingly learned he planted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2003] Reference
GROSS: Well, while we're talking about James Brown, you know, James Brown was often introduced on stage in this, like, hyperbolic way. From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings: A Little Funk And Soul] Reference
Comets with parabolic and hyperbolic orbits may be regarded as stray objects which visit our system once, and depart never to return again. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
From the very beginning, the Palestinians sound extremely alarmist, and in fact, it is symptomatic of the hyperbolic Palestinian discourse. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2002] Reference
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