Excess and Lack

Opposite meaning words

Excess noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.

Usage example: a new television season with an excess of sitcoms featuring wisecracking teenagers

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Lack is an antonym for excess in topics: surfeit, deficit, overabundance of something, overindulgence in personal desires.

Nearby Words: excessive, excessively

Lack noun - The fact or state of being absent.

Usage example: the lack of news about the fate of the soldiers was frustrating

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Excess is an antonym for lack in topics: shortage, sufficient, deficiency.

Nearby Words: lacking, lacked

human	human excess	human lack
physical	physical excess	physical lack
critical	critical excess	critical lack
sheer	sheer excess	sheer lack
Other adjectives: real, massive, extreme, serious.

Other times it is the result of either an excess or lack of thematic unity.

Source: Combo Platter Powers
He celebrates his own excess and lack of judgment enough that it's difficult to tell whether to take it as just a momentary feeling of invincibility or the symptom of a deeper problem.

Source: Music / Appetite for Destruction
In Gunnerkrigg Court Annie made boots as a gift, so she had to compensate for lack of bootmaking experience and lack of measures with excess of magical skill.

Source: One Size Fits All

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