oversold

adjective

over·​sold ˌō-vər-ˈsōld How to pronounce oversold (audio)
: likely to show a rise in price because of prior heavy selling and accompanying decline in price
an oversold stock

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Soft drink and coffee maker Keurig Dr Pepper , with an RSI of 29, is among the most oversold stocks on Wall Street. Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025 Washington’s failure to deal with its runaway debt problem is in part the result of misguided (or at least oversold) economic theories that took hold over the last two decades. Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025 While travel insurance can offer many other benefits, being bumped from an oversold cruise typically isn’t covered under trip cancellation or interruption coverage, according to Meghan Walch, Director of Product at InsureMyTrip. Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025 But making International Business Machines Corp an even more interesting and timely stock to look at, is the fact that in trading on Thursday, shares of IBM entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $252.75 per share. Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for oversold

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First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of oversold was circa 1890

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“Oversold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oversold. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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