excess
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(satellite adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" |
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Synonyms: extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
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(noun) immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits |
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Synonyms: excessiveness, inordinateness |
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Related Words: embarrassment, exorbitance, immoderateness, immoderation, nimiety, outrageousness, overplus, plethora, superfluity |
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(noun) a quantity much larger than is needed |
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Synonyms: surplus, surplusage |
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Related Words: overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance |
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(noun) excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" |
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Synonyms: overindulgence |
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Related Words: humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering, pleasing |
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(noun) the state of being more than full |
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Synonyms: overabundance, surfeit |
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Related Words: fullness |
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