oversupply

Other forms: oversupplied; oversupplying; oversupplies

Definitions of oversupply
  1. verb
    supply with an excess of
    synonyms: flood, glut
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    type of:
    furnish, provide, render, supply
    give something useful or necessary to
  2. noun
    the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
    synonyms: glut, surfeit
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    type of:
    overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance
    a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
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