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US
/ˌoʊvɝsəˈpɫaɪ/
]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəsəplˈaɪ/ ]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəsəplˈaɪ/ ]
NOUN
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
VERB
-
supply with an excess of
Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
flood the market with tennis shoes
How To Use oversupply In A Sentence
- This resulted in an oversupply of peanuts, soybeans, pecans, and sweet potatoes.
- To help reduce its oversupply, the agency would supply the rice allowances provided to civil servants, among other measures.
- There are also concerns about an oversupply of property in China. Times, Sunday Times
- During the downturn, northern cities such as Manchester were left with a huge oversupply of rental apartments because too many were built. Times, Sunday Times
- An oversupply of land will reduce land prices and that will eventually reflect itself in house prices.
- Visitors from industry will once again criticise the sheer numbers of graduates there and question the thinking behind such oversupply - the vast majority won't get jobs as designers and will be justifiably upset when the truth sinks in. Archive 2004-05-01
- They are indicative of what's happening in the industry in terms of massive oversupply and massive shortage of demand. Times, Sunday Times
- Meanwhile, lower than expected demand for mobile phones and fears of an oversupply of memory chips have pared the prices of major memory chip and semiconductor makers.
- A national audit in the mid-nineties showed an oversupply of teachers.
- They are indicative of what's happening in the industry in terms of massive oversupply and massive shortage of demand. Times, Sunday Times
