overindulgence

noun

Definition of overindulgencenext
1
as in immoderation

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2
as in wastefulness

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Recent Examples of overindulgence The ideal solution involves removing friction while subtly protecting against overindulgence, allowing individuals to choose based on their self-regulation needs. — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026 Gratitude for abundance can veer into overindulgence as the moon clashes with Jupiter. — Usa Today, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026 The Bible never calls wine evil – only the overindulgence of it. — Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025 Wood symbolizes imagination and creativity, while the snake symbolizes a favorable year with opportunities and to avoid overindulgence. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overindulgence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overindulgence
  1. intemperance
  2. wastefulness
  3. gluttony
  4. profligacy
  5. overeating
  6. dissipation
  7. excess
  8. self-indulgence
Noun
  • Rather, the term has come to stand for a range of attributes—intemperance, ordinariness, outsiderness, likability, spontaneity—that aren’t especially related philosophically, either to authenticity or to one another.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 June 2026
  • The power to issue absolute pardons, explicitly stipulated in the founding document, has been exploited with bipartisan intemperance.
    — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of intemperance
Noun
  • For all his wastefulness, those games have still brought 54 goals, a one-in-three ratio.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • The humanitarian consequences of this wastefulness were well documented before last Wednesday.
    — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
Definition of wastefulness
Noun
  • This is consistent with the film’s overarching preoccupation with greed, which here takes the form of gluttony.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
  • The bicentennial was the moment of nostalgic gluttony that topped them all, with its reenactment of battles, its old-fashioned sailing ships, and its outpouring of sappy patriotic products printed with the magic numerals 76.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of gluttony
Noun
  • Davinson Sanchez — Colombia/Galatasaray (-5) Sanchez helped keep out a relatively limited Swiss attack to ensure that Colombia made it to penalties despite their profligacy in front of goal.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Such profligacy slows real income growth, deters hiring, discourages innovation and drives up interest rates.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of profligacy
Noun
  • For patients with emotional hunger, GLP-1 drugs do not address the root cause of the anxiety and depression driving that person’s overeating.
    — Nadine Wehida, Scientific American, 25 June 2026
  • The researchers’ examples of those immediate desires include activities such as smoking, overeating, and going to the movies instead of completing a report for work.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Definition of overeating
Noun
  • Positive qualities—promptness, diligence, cheerfulness—sped up your ascent through the ranks; negative ones—laziness, dissipation, late mornings—slowed it down.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
  • Heat dissipation Shedding waste heat is a significant problem—and probably the biggest challenge in orbit.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of dissipation
Noun
  • Grantham’s own framing reaches for an even longer horizon, tying market excess to demographic collapse and resource scarcity.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Or, the homeowner can choose to use battery storage and avoid an excess of $10,000 of expense of just upgrading the board.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of excess
Noun
  • But even the self-indulgence on display could not ruin the privilege of watching football in a stadium that magnificent.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Simón, who undertook a similar odyssey at the same age, never allows this delicate story to succumb to self-indulgence or an inflated sense of its own importance.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of self-indulgence

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“Overindulgence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overindulgence. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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