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glutted

glutted

6.3
Having more of something than people need or can buy
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡlʌtɪd/
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  • glutted market

The European market is glutted with ideas.

Examples

  • The European market is glutted with ideas.

  • My son is ruined, and she grins like a glutted cat!

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The food market is glutted, making it hard for local farmers to sell their produce.

  • With so many new smartphones being released, the market feels glutted and prices are dropping.

  • After the holiday season, many stores find their shelves glutted with unsold inventory.

Synonyms

to flooded with
vsglutted
27 3.5

To get more things than you can handle

describes having more supply than needed to sell or use
overstocked
vsglutted
1 3.9

A place that has more goods than it can sell

is about excess supply generally rather than only merchandise
overfull
vsglutted
1 5.5

Contains more goods than people want to buy

focuses on excess supply in general, not only markets or situations
overabundant
vsglutted
1 5.8

More than is needed or wanted

centres on an excess supply ready to be sold or consumed

Antonyms

29 4.4

A situation where there is not enough of something people need

A lack of skill, experience, or resources needed for a job

How Full

glutted
6.3
full
1.0
adequate
234 2.7
scarce
103 4.8
empty
1.0

Surface Forms

glutted positive

Morphology

glutted = glut (transparent) = glut + ed

Standard past-participle/adjective formation from the verb 'glut' meaning 'filled or supplied to excess', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Glutted comes from the same root as glutton and from an old word meaning 'to gulp down' or 'swallow a lot'. Think of a person who eats until they are 'too full' — that picture of being overfilled is why we call a market or stock 'glutted' when it has more goods than are needed.