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What (who) is Oversell - definition
oversell
¦ verb (past and past participle oversold)
1. sell more of (something) than exists or can be delivered.
2. exaggerate the merits of.
oversell
(oversells, overselling, oversold)
If you say that something or someone is oversold, you mean that people say they are better or more useful than they really are.
The couple idea is certainly oversold. There's so much pressure to become a couple that people feel failure if they don't conform...
? undersell
VERB: be V-ed
Oversell
·vt To sell beyond means of delivery.
II. Oversell ·vt To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price.
Examples of use of Oversell
1. McClellan said he has come to believe the war was a mistake but still doesn‘t think the president lied to oversell the threat from Iraq.
2. I have tried not to oversell myself and that is why this album has come 4 years after my previous one.
3. "I don‘t want to oversell it," but it is possible, within the next five years or so, for India to be one of the United States‘ most important strategic partners," he said.
4. Vietnamese leaders are realists however, and do not try to oversell the benefits of WTO membership to their population, as they fully understand that WTO membership will entail both successes and failure, especially in severe competition to their banking, insurance and financial service sectors.
5. Researcher David Pritchard told the British Association Festival of Science in York: "I am keen not to oversell because it is still very early but the message so far is good." Successful trials could lead to allergy sufferers being given a dose of the worms every five years or so.