Definition of overabundance
plural overabundances
: a large surplus : excess
- an overabundance of options
- Between the women's movement and the first large wave of baby boomers, the career track was suddenly clogged with an overabundance of qualified people.
- —Phillip Moffitt
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overabundant
play \ˌō-vər-ə-ˈbən-dənt\ adjective-
- Overabundant use of livestock and chicken feed laced with antibiotics is a primary force behind the evolution of drug-resistant strains that then find their way into people.
- —Wayne Biddle
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- Overabundant elk ate trees down to their nubs, leaving beavers with no lumber for their dams, which, in turn, changed the flow of rivers.
- —Sara Reardon
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overabundantly
adverb-
- The meals … were mainly taken at the hotel and were included in the trip package. We were fed overabundantly three times a day.
- —R. V. Denenberg
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- … Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, an overabundantly plotted melodrama set in 15th-century Paris.
- —Tom Gliatto
