overvast

Adjective

overvast (comparative more overvast, superlative most overvast)

1. (rare) Overly vast.
   • The first two days of the camp were slightly overvast and 1 windy, but the remaining period was true autumn weather, which allowed full advantage to be taken of our open-air holidays.1905, Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club, Easter Camp, Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club, page 11
   • Too many dollars chasing too few goods is never a healthy situation. Instead of the bracing discipline of dedicated, hard thought applied to difficult research problems, a surfeit of funds has a tendency to cause researchers, even with the best of intentions, to divert their energies into fields...1962, United States, Congress, Congressional Record July 9-19, 1962: Vol 108, Superintendent of Government Documents, page 13894