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  • verb Present participle of oversell.

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Examples

  • The few hosts that mention the word overselling are usually the ones that are not overselling.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • "He was broiled at home for the interview in which he said that we (the medical establishment) are 'overselling' screening."

    Rethinking the Mammogram Guidelines 2009

  • "He was broiled at home for the interview in which he said that we (the medical establishment) are 'overselling' screening."

    Rethinking the Mammogram Guidelines 2009

  • The government has admitted that it has been guilty of "overselling" the case for a compulsory national identity card scheme in Britain and conceded that it will not prove a panacea for fraud, terrorism or the abuse of public services.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

  • The government has admitted that it has been guilty of "overselling" the case for a compulsory national identity card scheme in Britain and conceded that it will not prove a panacea for fraud, terrorism or the abuse of public services.

    Blair spins again 2006

  • Late-1990s AOL was accused by 37 state attorneys general of "overselling" Internet access to its members, meaning it sold more connections than it had the infrastructure to support.

    The Money Times - finance news, lifestyle, markets, investment, personal finance, banking, retirement planning 2009

  • I think Dan has articulated a more clear view of what the real situation is vs. the "overselling" if you will of the "dominance" of the Democratic party in Oregon.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • Balpa, which represents more than 10,000 pilots working on 28 airlines, insists that ID cards will 'do nothing' to enhance airport or flight security, and it fears that information about its members stored on a National Identity Register could be abused. the admission by former Home Office Minister, Tony McNulty that the government has been guilty of "overselling" the case for a compulsory national identity card scheme in Britain.

    BlogCymru.com 2008

  • Arguments then usually devolve into consumer accusations of "overselling" and eye-rolling from ISPs, who explain "statistical multiplexing" and trot out the dreaded road analogies.

    Ars Technica 2008

  • Any promises recruiters make, for example, instantly can be cross-checked with other Navy families, which should discourage what's known in recruiting circles as "overselling," promising more than the military can deliver.

    azcentral.com | news Carol Ann Alaimo 2008

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