oversaturated; oversaturating
Definition of oversaturate
: 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 … the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge … slipped several feet in February when storms oversaturated the underlying soil.— Kurtis Alexander … settings that don't oversaturate colors or look too dim.— Dieter Bohn
also
: supersaturate
oversaturated the water with salt
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The first known use of oversaturate was in 1745
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