Superabundance
['sʊpərə'bʌndəns]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Excess, overflow, exuberance, luxuriance, superfluity, redundance, plethora, surfeit.
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Examples
- In the one state, therefore, there is always a superabundance of these materials, which are frequently, upon that account, of little or no value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The pretence of this order was the scarcity of corn and pasture, and the superabundance of wine. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- On the last day we passed together we certainly shed a superabundance of tears. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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