Thesaurus / superabundance
FEEDBACKEXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
In few words, we recognize throughout creation an apparent design to prevent a superabundance of life.
ANCIENT FAITHS AND MODERNTHOMAS INMAN
Let them supply us out of their superabundance; we have too little.
THE DIAMOND COTERIELAWRENCE L. LYNCH
The modern young housewife has a superabundance of spare time.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOL. 3 (OF 4)W. GRANT HAGUE
Forest conservation had no place in the household economy of nations that had forests in superabundance.
OUR NATIONAL FORESTSRICHARD H. DOUAI BOERKER
They decided that they could not make their superabundance of watermelons useful except as an occasional refreshment.
THE BOY SETTLERSNOAH BROOKS
Our table was now always well covered, as we had a superabundance of the finest vegetables.
THE BACKWOODSMANVARIOUS
The rest are mostly marred by a superabundance of rather rudimentary art, and a very poor allowance of matter.
THE ENGLISH NOVELGEORGE SAINTSBURY
But that will change with riper age, and I prefer a superabundance to a paucity of ideas.
THE LIFE OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, VOLUME III (OF 3)ALEXANDER WHEELOCK THAYER
There is a superabundance of ugliness and deformity which one is obliged to see, without running after and nosing any out.
Therefore the spider was created to suppress a superabundance of insect life.
THE FUNNY SIDE OF PHYSICA. D. CRABTRE
WORDS RELATED TO SUPERABUNDANCE
- balance
- by-product
- embarrassment
- enough
- excessiveness
- exorbitance
- extravagance
- extravagancy
- extravagantness
- exuberance
- fat
- fulsomeness
- glut
- inundation
- lavishness
- leavings
- leftover
- luxuriance
- nimiety
- overabundance
- overdose
- overflow
- overkill
- overload
- overmuch
- overrun
- oversupply
- overweight
- plenty
- plethora
- profusion
- recrement
- redundance
- redundancy
- refuse
- remainder
- residue
- rest
- spare
- superabundance
- supererogation
- superfluity
- surfeit
- surplus
- the limit
- too much
- too much of a good thing
- waste
- wastefulness
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