oversend
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To send an amount greater than what is required; to oversupply.
noun
A transmission that is larger than it should be.
Example Sentences
- "Yes; and unfortunately sometimes we overorder, and sometimes they oversend, and much of it is thrown away."
- "As much as parents oversend the message to their millennial children that they are special, there is no denying that the millennial generation is special in some ways."
- "Don't oversend. That means don't send an e-mail announcement to everyone who may have once sent you an e-mail; it also means don't overburden those who are willingly on your e-mail list because they want relevant information. Oversending e-mails is the surest way to be ignored or find your way to the junk mail file."
- "DEAR SIR I do hereby oversend you my memorandum for fall goods and an other from Dr. C. Miller for Medicine."
- "On the 9th and 10th of July were our churches gathered to the ninth anniversary in Jakobstad, and the meeting, which was represented by delegates from most all of our churches, resolved to oversend their affectionate gratitude to the Missionary Union for the support which this year has been sent, not only to brethren E. Jansson and M. Weststrom, but also to J. Liljistrand, A. Hedborg, and T.S. Osterman, thus enabling them to give all their time for the gospel work;"
- "In order of Mr. J. Hoffmann, of Prague, I oversend you with this an exemplar of the 'épreuves corrigées' of Labitzky's waltz, Op. 86."
Etymology
From Middle English oversenden (“to send over, transmit”), from Old English ofersendan (“to transmit”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *sandijaną (“to send”), corresponding to over- + send. Cognate with Middle Dutch oversenden (“to send over”), German übersenden (“to send, transmit”).