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overabundant

overabundant adjective: excessively abundant.

Adjective

overabundant (comparative more overabundant, superlative most overabundant)

  1. excessively abundant.
    • Algae are a natural part of the ecosystem, but when they are overabundant the compounds they release can accumulate to levels harmful to wildlife and people, the California Water Quality Monitoring Council says.2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN

Forms of overabundant

comparativemore overabundant
superlativemost overabundant

Origin of overabundant

From Middle English overaboundaunt, equivalent to over- + abundant.

Words formed from overabundant

Questions about overabundant

What does overabundant mean?
Overabundant means excessively abundant.
What part of speech is overabundant?
Overabundant is an adjective.

Words near overabundant in the dictionary

  1. overabstracted
  2. overabstracting
  3. overabstracts
  4. overabundance
  5. overabundances
  6. overabundant
  7. overabundantly
  8. overabuse
  9. overabused
  10. overabuses
  11. overabusing

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