Tighter livestock control is leading to excesses: three cattle were shot in Kuopio because of missing EU eartags.
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Excesses
Synonyms for "excesses" (226 found)
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Closest matches (46)
Strong matches (67)
exaggerationexcessiveexcessivenessexorbitanceexorbitancyexpansionexpendableexpletiveextortionatenessextraextravaganceextremeextremismextremityfalse claimfatfloodflowgiveglut
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gluttonygrandiloquencegratuitousgreatheighteninghucksteringhyperbolehyperbolismhypertrophyimmoderacyimmoderatenessimmoderationimproprietyin excessinappropriatenessincontinenceindisciplineindulgenceinflationinordinacyinordinanceinordinatenessintemperanceintemperatenessinundationinvalid claimlack of claimleftoverleftoversmagnificationmuchneedlessnimietyno claim
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (113)
nonessentialoutrageousnessoverabundanceoverageoverbalanceoverdoingoveremphasisoverestimationoverflowoverflowingovergrowthoverkillovermeasureovermuchoverpassoverplusoverproductionoverrunoverrunningoverspill
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overspreadingoverstatementoverstockoversupplypleonasticplethorapluspreposterousnessprodigalityprodigiousnessprofitprofligacyprofusenessprofusionprolixpufferypuffing upradicalismredundancyredundantremainderremainingresidualresiduerestsaturnaliaself-indulgenceself-restraintsensationalismsparestretchingsuperabundancesuperabundantsupererogationsuperfluitysuperfluoussuperioritysuperlativesupernumerarysupplementarysurplusageswinishnesstall talktautologictautologousto sparetoo muchtoo-muchnesstoutingtravestyuncalled foruncalled-forunconscionablenessunconstraintuncontrolundeservednessundeservingnessunduenessunentitlednessunessentialunmeritednessunnecessaryunneededunreasonablenessunrestraintverbose
Noun(19 words)
Adjective(6 words)
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Sample sentences
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Tom has tempered the excesses of his financial risk-taking.
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Democracy has, therefore, two excesses to avoid—the spirit of inequality, which leads to aristocracy or monarchy, and the spirit of extreme equality, which leads to despotic power.
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Joseph Roberts, a man who was held up as an example of "the excesses of #MeToo" because he was barred from a campus for harassing women online and in person, has been charged with murdering and dismembering his girlfriend.
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