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Dictionary: o·ver·sup·ply   (ō'vər-sə-plī') pronunciation
n., pl., -plies.
A supply in excess of what is appropriate or required.

tr.v., -plied, -ply·ing, -plies. (ō'vər-sə-plī')
To supply in excess of what is appropriate or required: oversupplied the troops with blankets; oversupplied blankets to the troops.


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noun

    An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: excess, fat, glut, overage, overflow, overmuch, overrun, overstock, superfluity, surplus, surplusage. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
  Synonyms: glut, surfeit


The verb oversupply has one meaning:

Meaning #1: supply with an excess of
  Synonyms: flood, glut


 
 
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