Overhoarded

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Collected or stored in excessively large amounts beyond necessity
2. Accumulated more than is needed or useful, often to an extreme degree
3. Gathered together excessively, resulting in an overabundance or surplus

Etymology: "Overhoarded" is a plain construction. The prefix "over-" means "beyond what is proper or needed," and it descends from Old English "ofer," which already meant both "above" and "too much." Attached to "hoard" and given the "-ed" ending, it works as a verb or adjective describing stores piled up past any useful point. "Hoard" has a longer and more solid pedigree. It comes from Old English "hord," meaning a treasure or store, and is related to German "Hort," which still means a hoard or treasure. The verb developed from the noun, meaning to gather and keep something in quantity, often out of sight. Combined with "over-," the word describes that gathering carried to excess.

Synonyms: excessively hoarded, overaccumulated, stockpiled excessively

Antonyms: underhoarded, insufficiently hoarded, understockpiled