overnumerousness

/ˌəʊvəˈnjuːməɹəsnəs/

overnumerousness means the quality or condition of being too numerous. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

overnumerousness is pronounced /ˌəʊvəˈnjuːməɹəsnəs/.

Etymology

First attested in 1890; formed as overnumerous + -ness.

noun

The quality or condition of being too numerous.“The city has now only three small newspapers, which are not abreast with its general progress or that of the State, chiefly because they do not receive sufficient patronage, owing to the overnumerousness of the negro population.”