Meaning & use
vaunted
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widely praised or boasted about, often to a degree considered excessive.
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The team's much-vaunted defense collapsed in the final minutes of the game.
Critics questioned whether the vaunted new policy would achieve anything in practice.
A note on using this word
The word carries a faint hint of skepticism, often implying that the praise may not be fully deserved.
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unheralded
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