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overabundance

[ oh-ver-uh-buhn-duhns ]

/ ˈoʊ vər əˈbʌn dəns /

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noun

an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.

Origin of overabundance

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at over-, abundance

SYNONYMS FOR overabundance

excess, surplus, plethora, glut, profusion.

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OTHER WORDS FROM overabundance

o·ver·a·bun·dant, adjective o·ver·a·bun·dant·ly, adverb

Words nearby overabundance

over-the-air, over-the-counter, over-the-road, over-under, over-use, overabundance, overachieve, overact, overactive, overage, overaggressive

Example sentences from the Web for over-abundant

Simultaneously, we began to have a series of over-abundant crops.

Pariah Planet |Murray Leinster
The over-abundant waters had not merely to be arrested, they had to be confined and led off into prepared channels.

Dutch Life in Town and Country |P. M. Hough
Ouida here shows her true feeling, and feeling is not over-abundant in contemporary fiction.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. December, 1877. |Various
The morning is beautifully fine, and the not over-abundant vegetation of the hills exhales an agreeable summer perfume.

Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) |Sven Hedin

For him the type of the artist is still the pianist who gives locks of his over-abundant hair to ladies.

Essays on Art |A. Clutton-Brock

British Dictionary definitions for over-abundant

overabundance

/ (ˌəʊvərəˈbʌndəns) /

noun

a supply or amount that is greater than required an overabundance of milk