oversold

American  

[oh-ver-sohld] / ˌoʊ vərˈsoʊld /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of oversell.

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adjective

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

   The stock market is oversold.

Etymology

Origin of oversold

First recorded in 1875–80; over- + sold

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Example Sentences

As a result, both breadth oscillators are now on buy signals, and those buy signals arose out of deeply oversold conditions.

From MarketWatch

“There’s no doubt that markets can remain ‘overbought/‘oversold’ for long period of time,” Morrison said.

From MarketWatch

That’s according to BTIG’s chief technical strategist, Jonathan Krinksy, who said the cryptocurrency is looking oversold and shared the following chart as bitcoin was pushing above $91,000 on Friday.

From MarketWatch

So yes, the original business case for demographic diversity was oversold.

From The Wall Street Journal

This has been true for months, but on this latest decline, breadth has been quite terrible and both breadth oscillators are in oversold territory.

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