1. to buy more of something than is needed or can be used

Examples

• The restaurant manager tends to overbuy vegetables and then has to throw away the spoiled ones.
• Don’t overbuy groceries just because they’re on sale.
• The company overbuught inventory before the economic downturn hit.
• She always overbuys when shopping for her children’s clothes.
• The store overbuught holiday decorations and had to discount them heavily.
• We tend to overbuy when we shop without a list.