verb
- simple past tense and past participle of oversell.
adjective
- marked by prices considered unjustifiably low because of heavy and extensive selling: The stock market is oversold.
verb (used with object), o·ver·sold, o·ver·sell·ing.
- to sell more of (a stock, product, etc.) than can be delivered.
- to sell aggressively, as by using high-pressure merchandising techniques.
- to emphasize the good points of excessively and to a self-defeating extent: She so oversold the picnic that I became convinced I’d have a better time at the movies.
verb (used without object), o·ver·sold, o·ver·sell·ing.
- to sell something aggressively.
- to make extreme claims for something or someone.
verb -sells, -selling or -sold
- (tr) to sell more of (a commodity) than can be supplied
- to use excessively aggressive methods in selling (commodities)
- (tr) to exaggerate the merits of