surplusage
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noun \-(ˌ)plə-sij\Definition of SURPLUSAGE
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: surplus 1a
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a : excessive or nonessential matter b : matter introduced in legal pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case
Examples of SURPLUSAGE
- <a mall with a surplusage of stores all selling the same lines of clothing>
First Known Use of SURPLUSAGE
15th century
Related to SURPLUSAGE
- Synonyms
- bellyful, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, excess
- Antonyms
- deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply
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