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OVERABUNDANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overabundant mean?
• OVERABUNDANT (adjective)
The adjective OVERABUNDANT has 1 sense:
1. excessively abundant
Familiarity information: OVERABUNDANT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessively abundant
Synonyms:
Similar:
abundant (present in great quantity)
Derivation:
overabundance (a quantity that is more than what is appropriate)
Context examples
This means that water, a dominant carrier of oxygen, is also expected to be overabundant in such atmospheres.
(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)
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