surfeitformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Too much and unnecessary
ado
be up to your neck (in something)idiom
bellyful
binge
carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom
drown
gush
heavy-handed
hyper
immoderate
immoderately
inappeasable
infest
plenty
pleonasm
pleonastic
plethora
proliferation
unwarranted
weigh someone/something down

oversupply | Business English

oversupply
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈəʊvəsəˌplaɪ/us
ECONOMICS, COMMERCE
a larger supply of something than is needed:
The coffee market is suffering from oversupply.
(an) oversupply of sthWe have an oversupply of unsold cars.
oversupply
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˌəʊvəsəˈplaɪ/us
ECONOMICS, COMMERCE
to provide or have more of something than is wanted or needed:
The building of office space has risen 57%, causing concern that the market will be oversupplied.

Examples of oversupply

oversupply
For example, parents seeking economic advantage for their male offspring may find they contribute to an oversupply of male offspring, making each less valuable.
Furthermore, as can be seen in example (18), she oversupplies the definite article in nonspecific indefinite contexts.
The ease of access to the market results in its oversupply, and this in turn weakens the position of employees.
It appeared that a growing demand for care, combined with an oversupply of care, could not be effectively controlled with the existing system.
For example, if it is true that inflation is caused by an oversupply of money, a short supply of money must cause deflation.
Non-compliance with road safety rules is clearly related to the oversupply of the market brought about by its deregulation.
Participants expressed a variety of concerns about competition, imports and oversupply in markets.
For example, parents seeking economic advantage for their male offspring may find that they contribute to an oversupply of male offspring, making each less valuable.
However, only 6% of the population of organic producer-handlers reported critical oversupply of organic products to their customers in 2004.
It has prevented oversupply and stimulates effective use of the technologies concerned.
A decline in the birth rate in the late 1970s led to an oversupply of day-care facilities.
Also, while the market for organic products is increasing rapidly, it is also immature, and some markets may be sensitive to oversupply and prices may be highly variable.
The exceptional production and oversupply of physicians shows that there are now about 24,000 practicing physicians, with an estimated 28,000 in the year 2000, and 34,000 in 2010.
The oversupply of doctorates reflected a larger crisis within the university, where a good many graduating students could not find employment in their field of training.
If marginal cost is below average cost, setting prices at what look like 'best practice' levels makes them closer to marginal cost and hence reduces the incentive for oversupply.
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