oversaturate
verb
over·sat·u·rate
ˌō-vər-ˈsa-chə-ˌrāt 
oversaturated; oversaturating
: to saturate to an excessive degree
… since the company went public, it's been opening so many stores that it's at risk of oversaturating its own market …—
Angela Mulholland
Angela Mulholland… the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge … slipped several feet in February when storms oversaturated the underlying soil.—Kurtis Alexander
Kurtis Alexander… settings that don't oversaturate colors or look too dim.—Dieter Bohn
Dieter Bohn
oversaturated
adjective
… delivers impressive image quality. Colors are bright and realistic without being oversaturated.
—Luisa Simone
Luisa Simone
Perhaps you remember a chemistry experiment from high school: You dissolve a salt in hot water, let the solution cool down, put a small crystal in the now oversaturated solution—then all of a sudden crystals form.
—Bert J. M. de Vries
Bert J. M. de Vries
oversaturation
adjective
oversaturation of the market with too many action films
… colors usually struck a nice balance between accurate and pleasant oversaturation.
—Mitt Jones
Mitt Jones
Examples of oversaturate in a Sentence
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Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have a decades-long chokehold on a market that is arguably oversaturated already.
—WIRED, 20 Mar. 2023
Sources say Kurtzman, whose Secret Hideout captains the Trek franchise under a nine-figure overall deal with producers CBS Studios, began making plans to convert Section 31 into a tentpole feature film for the platform last summer as insiders were nervous about oversaturating the iconic property.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
The format becomes oversaturated, as everyone is doing a slightly different version of the same thing.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2023
Apprehensiveness leads us to oversaturate ourselves with excess information and to overanalyze every single available option.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
The 1080p-pixel resolution is sharp, though colors can look slightly oversaturated.
—WIRED, 25 Mar. 2023
In an effort to avoid oversaturating the Paro community, people aren’t brought into the talent pool until there is a specific demand for their expertise.
—Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
We’re oversaturated with affordable housing.
—Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
Water should not stand on or oversaturate the soil.
—oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2022
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WIRED, 20 Mar. 2023
Sources say Kurtzman, whose Secret Hideout captains the Trek franchise under a nine-figure overall deal with producers CBS Studios, began making plans to convert Section 31 into a tentpole feature film for the platform last summer as insiders were nervous about oversaturating the iconic property.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
The format becomes oversaturated, as everyone is doing a slightly different version of the same thing.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2023
Apprehensiveness leads us to oversaturate ourselves with excess information and to overanalyze every single available option.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
The 1080p-pixel resolution is sharp, though colors can look slightly oversaturated.
—WIRED, 25 Mar. 2023
In an effort to avoid oversaturating the Paro community, people aren’t brought into the talent pool until there is a specific demand for their expertise.
—Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
We’re oversaturated with affordable housing.
—Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
Water should not stand on or oversaturate the soil.
—oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2022
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“Oversaturate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oversaturate. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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