oversupply

/əʊvəsəˈplʌɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

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Meaning

verb

To supply more than is needed.

noun

Countable; Uncountable

"Near-synonym: overstock"
"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."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English supply English oversupply From over- + supply.

oversupplies (present, singular) oversupplying (participle, present) oversupplied (participle, past) oversupplied (past) oversupplies (plural)

overcapacity

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How do you pronounce oversupply?

The recorded pronunciation is /əʊvəsəˈplʌɪ/.

What does oversupply mean?

To supply more than is needed.

Where does oversupply come from?

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