ballyhooed

Adjective

 * 1) Sensationalized; presented with grand claims.
 * 2) * 2007 &mdash; Bush Is Losing Credibility On Democracy, Activists Say, Robin Wright, Washington Post, 2007-06-10
 * "In Iraq, [director of the American University of Beirut's Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs Rami] Khouri said, the country's vote in January 2005 produced the "much-ballyhooed purple ink-stained finger" but cannot be equated with credible democratic transformation."
 * 1) * 2007 &mdash; Bush Is Losing Credibility On Democracy, Activists Say, Robin Wright, Washington Post, 2007-06-10
 * "In Iraq, [director of the American University of Beirut's Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs Rami] Khouri said, the country's vote in January 2005 produced the "much-ballyhooed purple ink-stained finger" but cannot be equated with credible democratic transformation."