English > overabundance: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute| Meaning | A quantity that is more than what is appropriate. |
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| Example | "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy" |
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| Synonyms | overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance |
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| Narrower | bellyful | An undesirable overabundance |
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| excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety | A quantity much larger / larger than is needed |
| glut, oversupply, surfeit | The quality of being so overabundant that prices / prices fall |
| Broader | abundance, copiousness, teemingness | The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply |
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| Adjectives | overabundant | excessively abundant |
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