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drug on the market
drug on the market
Something that is not in great demand because it is abundantly available. Mobile phones are a drug on the market these days, which is why they're so affordable.
drug on the market
A commodity whose supply greatly exceeds the demand for it. For example, Now that asbestos is considered dangerous, asbestos tile is a drug on the market. The use of the noun drug in the sense of "something overabundant" (as opposed to a medicine or narcotic) dates from the mid-1600s, but the first record of the full expression, put as drug in the market, dates only from the 1830s.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Dilbert | | DIL-burt | Popular Culture |
| Reziko | | - | Georgian |
| Stevo | | - | Serbian, Croatian |
| Basajaun | | - | Basque |
| Gershom | | GUR-shahm (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |
| Lennox | | LEN-əks | Scottish, English (Rare) |