misselling
noun[U]
uk/ˌmɪsˈsel.ɪŋ/us/ˌmɪsˈsel.ɪŋ/theactofsellingsomething,typicallyafinancialproduct, to someone when it is notnecessaryor notsuitablefor them :
Thereportrevealedthat many thousands ofpeoplehad been thevictimsof misselling.
This couldproveto be thebiggestmissellingscandalin UKhistory.
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- Ministers have been underpressuretoregulatetheindustryfollowingscandalsoverpensionsand mortage misselling.
- Avoluntarycodeofconducttominimisemisselling hadfailed.
- The missellingcomplaintswere sosubstantialthat onefirmwentbust.
Selling
- auction
- Black Friday
- bundle
- bundling
- chain of production
- concession
- oversell
- panic selling
- peddle
- pile
- pile it high and sell it cheapidiom
- point of sale
- salesmanship
- sell out
- sellsomethingoff
- sellout
- shift
- soft sell
- sold
- sting
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