overstock
verb (used with object)
to stock to excess.
overstocks
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present tense formof overstock (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Some retailers began abandoning certain product lines after grappling with product shortages and overstocks during the pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The onsite inventory includes many new materials, overstocks, last year’s models and construction-project misorders.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
Raccoons seem to regard humans as the rube roommate who overstocks the fridge and conscientiously cleans up after everyone else.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2016
His work includes tableaux of empty shelves, overstocks of completely unrelated products in shuttered departments, and mannequins facing inward, half naked and seemingly ashamed.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 30, 2014
For the market is overstocked, and every crop overstocks it more.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell
