0 to sell more than is available: --
The flight had been oversold.
1 to sell more of something than is available: --
Airlines oversell on the assumption that some passengers won't turn up.
2 to make an idea, product, opportunity, etc. seem better than it is: --
3 to cause the prices of financial markets, shares, etc. to fall too far in relation to their real value: --
We certainly do not take the view that this area has been oversold.
We are not in any sense overselling the idea of the orders.
We oversold the first agenda, but let us take great care not to undersell the new agenda.
That argument may have been oversold, but it is a possibility.
He said that we had oversold comprehensive education.
It is entirely right that we should not try to oversell what it stands for.
The potential for e-voting is sometimes oversold on the basis of being related to the number of internet users.
My case is that the goods were oversold.
