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Webster 1913 Edition
Oversupply
Oˊver-sup-ply′
,Verb.
T.
To supply in excess.
O′ver-sup-plyˊ
,Noun.
An excessive supply; a supply in excess of demand.
A general
oversupply
or excess of all commodities. J. S. Mill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Oversupply
OVERSUPPLY'
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2025
oversupply
oversupply
English
Verb
oversupply (third-person singular simple present oversupplies, present participle oversupplying, simple past and past participle oversupplied)
- To supply more than is needed
Noun
oversupply (plural oversupplies)
- An excessive supply. [from 19th c.]
- 2012, Jurek Martin, ‘A Singular President’, Literary Review, 401:
- He does not like twisting arms, LBJ's forte, preferring the force of reason, a commodity not in over-supply in the nation's capital.
- 2012, Jurek Martin, ‘A Singular President’, Literary Review, 401: