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Dictionary: o·ver·a·bun·dance   (ō'vər-ə-bŭn'dəns) pronunciation
 
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A going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate; an excess: teenagers with an overabundance of energy.

overabundant o'ver·a·bun'dant adj.
overabundantly o'ver·a·bun'dant·ly adv.
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    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. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

 
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Definition: excess
Antonyms: lack, need, scarcity, want

 
WordNet: overabundance
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the state of being more than full
  Synonyms: surfeit, excess

Meaning #2: a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
  Synonyms: overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance

 
 
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