0 past simple and past participle of oversell mainly US
1 used to describe financial markets, shares, etc. where prices have fallen too far in relation to their real value:
Travel operators warned that it was overpriced, and that the organizers had oversold what the theme park had to offer.
Aging families: have current changes and challenges been 'oversold' ?
Have we oversold the benefit of late-life exercise ?
Authorities oversold the benefits of eradication in order to obtain support.
In an era increasingly intolerant of pain, suffering, and the failures of medical care, it is essential that the noble ideals of the hospice movement are not oversold.
Training is oversold as a way of helping unemployed people back to work.
Anyone with experience of selling knows that, when a product or service is oversold, the consumer backlash can be dramatic.
My case is that the goods were oversold.
