1. receiving more applications, orders, or commitments than the number of available positions, shares, or resources
Usage: present participle of oversubscribe; commonly used in finance and business contexts
2. committing oneself to more obligations or activities than one can reasonably handle
Usage: present participle of oversubscribe; used in personal or organizational contexts

Examples

• The initial public offering was oversubscribing within hours of opening.
• The university's popular engineering program is oversubscribing with three times more applicants than available seats.
• She worried about oversubscribing herself with too many committee assignments.
• The concert tickets sold out because demand was oversubscribing the venue's capacity.
• The startup's funding round is oversubscribing, attracting investors from around the world.
• By oversubscribing to multiple projects, the team risked missing deadlines.