glut
noun/ɡlʌt/
Frequency rank: #15,567 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
an excessively large supply of something, more than is needed.
Example sentence
The harvest was so large that it created a huge glut in the market, causing prices to drop sharply.
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