overabundance

o·ver·a·bun·dance

(ō′vər-ə-bŭn′dəns)

A going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate; an excess: teenagers with an overabundance of energy.

o′ver·a·bun′dant adj.

o′ver·a·bun′dant·ly adv.

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overabundance

(ˌəʊvərəˈbʌndəns)

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

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Noun	1.	overabundance - the state of being more than full surfeit, excess fullness - the condition of being filled to capacity
	2.	overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email" overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance" excess, nimiety, surplus, surplusage - a quantity much larger than is needed glut, oversupply, surfeit - the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall bellyful - an undesirable overabundance; "a bellyful of your complaints"

overabundance

noun excess, surplus, glut, plethora, profusion, surfeit, oversupply, embarrassment of riches, superabundance, superfluity Dairy farmers produce an overabundance of milk, keeping prices down.

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overabundance

noun

A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:

embarrassment, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, plethora, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit.

Translations

sovrabbondanza

overabundance

[ˌəʊvərəˈbʌndəns] N → sobreabundancia f, superabundancia f

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