superabsorbent

[soo-per-ab-sawr-buhnt, -zawr-]

adjective

1. extremely or unusually absorbent.

   superabsorbent fibers.

noun

1. a superabsorbent material.

Other Word Forms

• superabsorbency noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of superabsorbent¹

super- + absorbent

Example Sentences

It can also be processed to produce more valuable chemicals: these upcycled options include the shatter-resistant acrylic plexiglass, a superabsorbent polymer used in diapers and the food preservative potassium lactate—which Dorgan used to make gummy bears that he then ate.

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Someone filled Conor Daly’s portable hot tub with Orbeez, superabsorbent polymers that resemble jellybeans and grow to 100 times their original size when submerged in water.

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Colton Herta categorically denied any role in the first prank between drivers in the motorhome lot — the filling of Conor Daly’s portable hot tub with Orbeez, the superabsorbent polymers that grow to 100 times their original size when submerged in water.

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The brown paper towels aren’t exactly superabsorbent.

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But while it is also associated with the use of superabsorbent tampons, it can occur in anyone, including children.

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