surfeit
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Synonyms & Antonyms for surfeit
Synonyms: Noun
bellyful, excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, surplusage
Synonyms: Verb
cram, glut, gorge, sate, stuff
Antonyms: Noun
deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply
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Examples of surfeit in a Sentence
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ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's wayVerb
having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offeringsRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
That being said, with the surfeit of talent in the secondary, a dearth of depth at offensive tackle and tight end, and the need for redundancy at receiver, Stidham has shown enough to roll the dice. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "A few opinions on the state of the Patriots," 26 Aug. 2019 Acquaintances from the 90s and early 2000s remember Maxwell as an outgoing, slightly cheeky fixture on the party circuit who dressed well and had a surfeit of British charm. — Ben Widdicombe, Town & Country, "After Jeffrey Epstein's Death, What Happens to Ghislaine Maxwell?," 13 Aug. 2019 Stuber also suffers from a surfeit of pointless B-plots that serve only to highlight the talented performers being wasted in them. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "Stuber Is an Old-School Buddy Comedy Made for 2019," 12 July 2019 Income growth has lagged partly because for most of the expansion, employers have had a surfeit of workers to choose among when filling jobs, leaving them little pressure to raise pay. — Christopher Rugaber, latimes.com, "Why the wealth gap has grown despite a record economic expansion," 2 July 2019 The city’s downtown construction boom has resulted in a surfeit of glitzy hotel options. — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, "A Fascinating Long Weekend in Detroit: The Essential Guide," 19 June 2019 One of the clearest pieces of evidence that his style was spot-on is from the surfeit of praise from people about episodes that featured their hometowns. — Connie Wang, refinery29.com, "The Pain & Privilege Of Traveling With Anthony Bourdain," 8 June 2018 And unlike in election cycles past, where California -- despite its size -- was a competitive wasteland due to a redistricting process in 2011 that sought to firm up incumbents of both parties, there are a surfeit of competitive contests this year. — Chris Cillizza, CNN, "Today is the most important day of 2018 so far for Democrats' chances in the House," 5 June 2018 In three Orange County districts, a surfeit of enthusiastic candidates and conflicting messages from Democratic organizations and allies have converged to complicate the party’s road to victory. — James Hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Why Virginia’s Medicaid expansion is a big deal," 31 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'surfeit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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