Word info

to excess

Adverb

Meaning

to excess (not comparable)

So much more than the normal amount that it becomes harmful or unhealthy.
Synonyms: to death, to distraction

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

There's a rule they don't teach you at the Harvard Business School. It is, if anything is worth doing, it's worth doing to excess. Edwin H. Land

The best things carried to excess are wrong. Charles Churchill (satirist)

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess. Brandon Sanderson

I am told he is something of a scholar, which is no bad thing in a king, providing it is not taken to excess. Iain Banks

In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess. Lee R. Raymond

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