oversold

[oh-ver-sohld]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of oversell.

adjective

1. marked by prices considered unjustifiably low because of heavy and extensive selling.

   The stock market is oversold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oversold¹

First recorded in 1875–80; over- + sold

Example Sentences

Pfizer and the Biden team later oversold the vaccine’s ability to prevent infections and played down its side effects.

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But others argue that the environmental benefits of lab-grown meat, officially known as cultivated meat, have been oversold.

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And “The Apprentice,” as we know, begat a president whose qualifications and business acumen were outrageously oversold on that show.

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Some Brexiteers say not only is it in parts thin and oversold, but has also crossed a crucial rubicon: the acceptance of "dynamic alignment" in some areas - not just signing up to EU rules as they are now, but tolerating them when they change, with limited opportunities to stop them changing.

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I had oversold my feigned disgust.

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