Associations to the word «Oversell»

Wiktionary

OVERSELL, verb. (transitive) To agree to sell more of something than one can supply.
OVERSELL, verb. (transitive) To be too eager in attempting to sell something.
OVERSELL, verb. (transitive) To praise something to excess.
OVERSELL, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in sale price.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats