oversupply
[noun oh-ver-suh-plahy; verb oh-ver-suh-plahy]
- an excessive supply.
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- to supply in excess.
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Origin of oversupply
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Contemporary Examples
Last week, I talked about the oversupply of lawyers, and other graduate students.
The oversupply of graduate students in the humanities is much, much worse than the oversupply of lawyers.
The oversupply of ethanol can be seen by looking at the parade of ethanol producers heading to bankruptcy court.
In the end, there is a shortage of caution, an oversupply of food, and a mess that will take years to clean up.
That court decision has been a blessing and, perhaps, a curse—contributing to an oversupply of talent.
Historical Examples
In some sections there is an oversupply of such labor; in other sections a shortage.
Negro Migration during the WarEmmett J. Scott
Attractive prices will be made on sets of those reports of which we have an oversupply.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual MeetingNorthern Nut Growers Association
The making of cheese was known in ancient times, it having probably originated through a desire to utilize an oversupply of milk.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
The same thing may be said of acid foods; that is, an oversupply of these is just as distasteful as too many bland foods.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Nay, Fleur-de-Marie, we should never find fault with an oversupply of happiness.
oversupply
- the supply of too much or too many
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- (tr) to supply too much (material, etc) or too many (goods, people, etc)
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