Overflow
Overflow noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.
Usage example: an overflow of help actually made the job more complicated
Want
Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.
Common collocations
| number | overflow number | want number |
Both words in one sentence
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When Dorden thanked her, she told him she already had her hands full with wounded refugees and did not want his wounded soldiers to overflow into her area.
Source: Think Nothing of It
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Want and Overflow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/overflow/want
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Want or Overflow. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/overflow/want.
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