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over·sat·u·rate | \ ˌō-vər-ˈsa-chə-ˌrāt 
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\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 Pfieffer 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
\ adjective oversaturation of the market with too many action films
… colors usually struck a nice balance between accurate and pleasant oversaturation. — Mitt Jones
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The first known use of oversaturate was in 1745
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