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oversubscribed

oversubscribed adjective: having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested. Also the simple past and past participle of oversubscribe.

Adjective

oversubscribed (not comparable)

  1. Having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested.
    • So the Swetmans were grateful to get an appointment at a temporary free clinic for their latest two puppies, even if there were no slots left in the oversubscribed five-day program for their eight older unspayed females.2007 June 30, Erik Eckholm, “For Poor Families, an Added Burden of Too Many Pets”, in New York Times
    • QBE Insurance Group will sell about $115 million of new shares to its retail investors, after scaling back the oversubscribed purchase plan.2009 January 16, “QBE to sell $115m on oversubscribed retail share sale”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2009
    Synonyms:
    overenrolled

Also used as

oversubscribed is also the simple past and past participle of oversubscribe.

Synonyms of oversubscribed

Questions about oversubscribed

What does oversubscribed mean?
Oversubscribed means having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested.
What part of speech is oversubscribed?
Oversubscribed is an adjective.

Words near oversubscribed in the dictionary

  1. overstyled
  2. overstylised
  3. overstylized
  4. oversublime
  5. oversubscribe
  6. oversubscribed
  7. oversubscriber
  8. oversubscribers
  9. oversubscribes
  10. oversubscribing
  11. oversubscription

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