superfluousness

noun

as in surplus

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superfluousness
  1. surplus
  2. excess
  3. superfluity
  4. overkill
  5. surfeit
  6. overdose
  7. oversupply
  8. amplitude
Noun
  • The shows’ studio, 20th TV Animation, kept the annual output relatively steady, diverting the surplus episodes to its streaming platforms.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 July 2026
  • And then there’s the annual plowing of millions in DWP surplus dollars into the City Hall piggy bank, which convinces ratepayers they’re being fleeced.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of surplus
Noun
  • And crypto, for all its volatility and excess, happens to be one of the only industries that spent the last decade obsessively building internet-native money.
    — Markus Levin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Visually, Hornbill avoids the excess that often defines heavy-duty folders.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
Definition of excess
Noun
  • So there was either a superfluity of honest Dublin women back in the day or a manager who moved around.
    — Anne Enright, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • To bear witness to the superfluity of beauty in the world.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Definition of superfluity
Noun
  • Mixing Small-Batch Recipes Sometimes a whisk isn’t quite enough, but hauling out a bulky mixer and all its attachments feels like overkill.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
  • No amount of time-traveling expeditions to reboot or create alternate timelines can save it now, because it's been done to the point of overkill.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of overkill
Noun
  • That has never been the case for the first two seasons of House of the Dragon, with its surfeit of…everything.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
  • Days after the World Cup friendlies had passed, earlier this month, yielding one win and a surfeit of thrill, FIFA rejected the Haitian jersey, citing its depiction of the Battle of Vertières as a violation to its regulation on political speech.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
Definition of surfeit
Noun
  • Her food receives high praise, but a couple days later, one of her friend’s employees dies, possibly from an overdose of an extremely spicy hot sauce.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
  • The toxicology report back at the coroner’s lab indicates an overdose.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Definition of overdose
Noun
  • Peter Oppenheimer, chief global equity strategist, and Guillaume Jaisson, senior global equity strategist at Goldman, said that the region's main challenge isn't corporate oversupply, but a lack of domestic equity inflows.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • Investors secured their profits, yes, as concerns grew that the memory industry, highly cyclical by nature, may be headed toward oversupply.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of oversupply
Noun
  • There is genuine debate regarding the amplitude and significance of this apparent decline.
    — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026
  • This hardware is used to test different combinations of wavelengths and amplitudes during calibration.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Definition of amplitude
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