oversaturate

verb

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over·sat·u·rate | \ ˌō-vər-ˈsa-chə-ˌrāt

oversaturated; oversaturating

Definition of oversaturate

transitive verb

: 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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oversaturated adjective

… delivers impressive image quality. Colors are bright and realistic without being oversaturated. — 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

oversaturation \ ˌō-vər-ˌsa-chə-ˈrā-shən

\ adjective

oversaturation of the market with too many action films … colors usually struck a nice balance between accurate and pleasant oversaturation. — Mitt Jones