oversupply
Too much stock
Oversupply is an excess of supply relative to demand.
When producers make more than buyers want, they face an oversupply: The oversupply of oil drove prices down.
As a verb, to oversupply is to provide too much of something: The market has been oversupplied with cheap imports.
Excessive manufacture beyond need
- glutExcessive surplus
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
backlog · redundancy · overage · overrun · stockpile · pileup · surfeit · superabundance
Disposing carelessly or abruptly
- price collapseRapid value decline
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
- buyer's marketConditions favoring purchasers
price war · markdown · clearance · liquidation · fire sale · market correction · undercutting · oversaturation
Overwhelming surge of water
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- swampingOverwhelming with excess
- saturationState of complete permeation
engulfment · overwhelming · torrent · avalanche · cascade · spillover · tidal wave · drowning
Food degradation process
- wastageLoss through inefficiency
- disposalAct of throwing away
- perishablesItems prone to decay
- write-offRecorded value reduction
obsolescence · landfill · destruction · discards · throwaway · rot · deterioration · culling
overproduction
Excessive manufacture beyond need
overabundance · backlog · redundancy · overage · overrun · stockpile · pileup · surfeit · superabundance · leftovers
dumping
Disposing carelessly or abruptly
- price collapseRapid value decline
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
buyer's market · price war · markdown · clearance · liquidation · fire sale · market correction · undercutting · oversaturation · trade imbalance
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
saturation · engulfment · overwhelming · torrent · avalanche · cascade · spillover · tidal wave · drowning · submersion
spoilage
Food degradation process
- wastageLoss through inefficiency
- disposalAct of throwing away
- perishablesItems prone to decay
write-off · obsolescence · landfill · destruction · discards · throwaway · rot · deterioration · culling · overripe
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- market imbalancesshortage, glut, scarcity, undersupply, deficit
- overbuildingovercapacity, sprawl, condos, ghost towns, speculation
- surplus termsexcess, glut, overflow, overstock
- market saturationglut, crowding, overproduction, excess capacity, commoditization
- nursing problemsengorgement, mastitis, sore nipples, cracked nipples, nipple pain
oversupplyundersupply
Inadequate provision of goods
shortage · scarcity · deficiency · deficit · insufficiency