overabundance
an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
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- o·ver·a·bun·dant, adjective
- o·ver·a·bun·dant·ly, adverb
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How to use overabundance in a sentence
In the year before the pandemic, industry analysts were wondering whether the country was flooded with an overabundance of restaurants, shrinking profit margins toward zero.
Those $300 pandemic checks aren’t the only reason restaurant employees might not want to go back to work | Micheline Maynard | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostWhat I think makes this notion a contradiction and hard pill to swallow as there is an overabundance of content and a lack of it at the same time.
Is Google moving towards greater search equity? | Mordy Oberstein | March 10, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThe content bloat we experience is due to the overabundance of low to medium quality content.
Is Google moving towards greater search equity? | Mordy Oberstein | March 10, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThe overabundance of insulin, and eventually glucose, begins to interfere with the health and function of multiple organ systems, leading to metabolic and cardiovascular disease.
Whether it was mentorship, collaborations, or connections, there was truly an overabundance of women supporting us.
Canned wine might have been primed for socializing in the era of social distancing | Rachel King | November 8, 2020 | Fortune
Another novel with an overabundance of periods and a dismissive attitude toward commas.
Nicholson Baker, Katie Kitamura, and This Week’s Hot Reads: July 30, 2012 | Jimmy So | July 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was like an electric shock to a group of editors operating in the bleary haze of jet lag, pasta, and fashion overabundance.
He looked and sounded presidential, save for the overabundance of hair product.
At the same time that she makes adequate provision she should not encourage extravagance by overabundance.
The Expert Maid-Servant | Cristine Terhune HerrickVal considered the hall below, which seemed suddenly peopled by an overabundance of oddly shaped shadows.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonA man like Munro is never blessed with an overabundance of friends.
With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga | W. Bert FosterMany of the bearers of commissions knew little more than the men; and of such untrained officers there was an overabundance.
The Life of John Marshall (Volume 1 of 4) | Albert J. BeveridgeThe doctrine of implied powers is expounded with all of his peculiar force and clearness, but with some overabundance of verbiage.
The Life of John Marshall (Volume 2 of 4) | Albert J. Beveridge
British Dictionary definitions for overabundance
/ (ˌəʊvərəˈbʌndəns) /
a supply or amount that is greater than required: an overabundance of milk
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