1300-1400Old Frenchvanter, from Late Latinvanitare ‘to boast’, from Latinvanitas; ➔ VANITY
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
The country's vaunted educational system is not as good as once thought.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
But now this much vaunted initiative has foundered because there is little or no market interest in redevelopment.
But what is this vaunted information currency?
Modern consumers evaluated the store not on the basis of its vaunted reputation, but on what it offered them today.
The much vaunted working families tax credit gives £207 a week to those with one parent in full-time work.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►much-vaunted
There’s little sign that the much-vaunted IT investment is pulling France out of recession.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB►much
· The much vaunted working families tax credit gives £207 a week to those with one parent in full-time work.· Surely the economic regeneration of the area was a priority, without which much vaunted training schemes were somewhat pointless.
a plan, system, achievement etc that is vaunted is praised or talked about too much and in a way that is too proud: There’s little sign that the much-vaunted IT investment is pulling France out of recession.