to oversaturate
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- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈsætʃəˌreɪt/
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sobresaturar
- They are selling impractical degrees, oversaturating the job market, and getting rich off the high cost of education.
- oversaturated the market
Examples
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They haven't sold well since the first movie, so why oversaturate the market?
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This will keep the market from being oversaturated.
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Thus, almost every market you can think of seemed to be oversaturated.
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So many people try to make money by oversaturating a market with useless info.
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I believe we are beginning to have the market oversaturated, and it divides the player base.
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If you think closely, the health niche is one of the many niches that are considered to be oversaturated.
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TLPYL spent time building its base throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, and not oversaturating the local market with too many shows.
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Several authors note that the field of music performance appears to be oversaturated with newly minted university graduates, as full-time orchestral performance and college teaching positions are in short supply.
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Many experts argue that the smartphone market is oversaturated, leading to fierce competition and lower prices.
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When the fashion industry oversaturates with trends, consumers often become overwhelmed and less willing to buy.
Synonyms
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2.1
To fill a place with more things than it can handle
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To make something so full that nothing else can fit
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3.9
To put too much into something so it spills out
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To put more goods in a shop or warehouse than can be sold
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To add more dissolved material to a liquid so it holds more than normal and may form crystals
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To sell so many of a product that people stop buying more unless prices fall
To fill a market with too much of a product so it becomes unwanted
To give more of something than people can use
Antonyms
How Saturated
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Etymology
The word oversaturate combines over- 'too much' and saturate 'to fill', like a saturated market full of the same products. So to oversaturate a market is to give it more products or ads than people can use, which lowers their value.