oversupply

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /əʊvəsəˈplʌɪ/

Verb

oversupply (oversupplies, present participle oversupplying; past and past participle oversupplied)

1. To supply more than is needed.

Noun

oversupply

1. 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.

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