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📦 Too much supply 📦 To give too much
to oversupply

to oversupply

4.1
To give more of something than people can use
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈsəplaɪ/
translation icon : sobresaturar
  • Environmental groups have echoed this sentiment, arguing that keeping Kozloduy open perpetuates a culture that accepts high environmental risk and diverts attention from demand-side management by oversupplying relatively cheap electricity.

Examples

  • If a city oversupplies its housing market, it may lead to a decline in property values.

  • Likewise, any generator that oversupplies, or consumer that underconsumes, will receive the System Sell Price, calculated from the volume-weighted average of all decrements accepted.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The issue of import restraints was brought to the negotiating table when it was determined that market disruption had occurred as a result of "dumping" or oversupplying by an offending garment-exporting party.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The company oversupplied the market with their latest smartphone, causing prices to drop significantly.

  • During the sale, they accidentally oversupplied the store with more chairs than they could sell.

Synonyms

to flood
vsto oversupply
127 2.1

To fill a place with more things than it can handle

refers to excess supply without implying a sudden overwhelming flow
to overproduce
vsto oversupply
5 5.0

Make more of something than people need or can buy

refers to giving or providing too much rather than the act of making it
to overstock
vsto oversupply
1 4.5

To put more goods in a shop or warehouse than can be sold

focuses on supplying too much overall rather than just filling a place
to oversaturate
vsto oversupply
1 6.5

Fill a market or area with too much of something so people lose interest

applies to excess supply in general not only market saturation
to saturate the market
vsto oversupply
1 5.3

To sell so many of a product that people stop buying more unless prices fall

describes excess supply more broadly, not only market saturation
to overproduce for
vsto oversupply
6.7

To make more goods than are needed for an event or sale

is used for providing excess generally, not only for one occasion
to glut
vsto oversupply
7.0

To fill a market with too much of a product so it becomes unwanted

means giving too much but not always stressing loss of value

How Abundant

to oversupply
4.1
to supply
400 1.6

Surface Forms

oversupply infinitive
oversupplied past
oversupplied past participle
oversupplying present participle
oversupplies third person singular

Morphology

oversupply = supply (transparent) = over + supply

Verb formed by adding the productive prefix 'over-' to the verb 'supply' to indicate providing too much.

Etymology

Oversupply combines over- 'too much' with supply 'to give', as in overdo or overeat where over- shows 'too much'. So to oversupply is to give more than is needed or can be used.