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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
oversubscribed
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Favourable treatment has been given to the small shareholder, when allocating oversubscribed issues, in some of the privatisation issues.
▪ The issue was oversubscribed and we will see other companies in this field coming to the market this year.
Wiktionary
oversubscribed
  1. Having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested. v

  2. (en-past of: oversubscribe)

WordNet
oversubscribed

adj. sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets; "the opera season was oversubscribed"

Usage examples of "oversubscribed".

In stock exchange parlance, the issue was oversubscribed a hundred times.

Earth Goodness was oversubscribed with money and had no shortage of volunteers.