Past tense of oversell
irregular verb
The past tense of oversell is oversold. The past participle is also oversold.
Forms of oversell
| Base form (V1) | oversell /oʊ.vɚ.sɛl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | oversold /ˌəʊ.vəˈsəʊld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | oversold /ˌəʊ.vəˈsəʊld/ |
| Present participle | overselling |
| Third person singular | oversells |
Oversold in a sentence
- The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition.From the entry technical
- The airline oversold and they have HXed the passenger's booking.From the entry hx
- But with today's fewer and more crowded flights, it's on the upswing again—a flight is overbooked (oversold) and the airline must find volunteers to not fly.2017, Peter Sander, Free Stuff Guide for Everyone Book. From the entry unfill
Meaning of oversell
- verb To agree to sell more of something than one can supply.
- verb To be too eager in attempting to sell something.
- verb To praise something to excess.
Verbs like oversell
Questions about the past tense of oversell
- What is the past tense of oversell?
- The past tense of oversell is oversold.
- What is the past participle of oversell?
- The past participle of oversell is oversold.
- Is oversell a regular or irregular verb?
- Oversell is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oversell (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of oversell.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/oversell. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.