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overselling

overselling is the present participle and gerund of oversell.

Meaning of oversell

Verb

oversell (third-person singular simple present oversells, present participle overselling, simple past and past participle oversold)

  1. (transitive) To agree to sell more of something than one can supply.
  2. (transitive) To be too eager in attempting to sell something.
    Antonyms:
    undersell
  3. (transitive) To praise something to excess.
    • I don't want to oversell it, but [second clause]
    Antonyms:
    undersell
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in sale price.
    • One whose beauty / Would oversell all Italy1617, John Fletcher, “The Chances”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase...

Questions about overselling

What is overselling the present participle and gerund of?
Overselling is the present participle and gerund of oversell.

Words near overselling in the dictionary

  1. overselects
  2. overselfish
  3. oversell
  4. overseller
  5. oversellers
  6. overselling
  7. oversells
  8. oversend
  9. oversending
  10. oversends
  11. oversensational

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