superfluousness

noun

as in surplus

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  1. surplus
  2. excess
  3. superfluity
  4. overkill
  5. surfeit
  6. overdose
  7. oversupply
  8. amplitude
Noun
  • State officials had to employ an accounting gimmick to divert $712 million headed for surplus into a new program to expand affordable childcare.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Ordinarily, the United States enjoys a substantial diesel surplus and is the world’s largest diesel exporter.
    — Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of surplus
Noun
  • In 2021, Johnson was paid in excess of $7,500 in connection with her work for the companies, including the one that had received the payment from the reselling company, according to court documents.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But Halloween excess, with its pillowcases full of candy, elaborate costumes for everyone from babies to adults to dogs (and a few unlucky cats), could not be more American.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of excess
Noun
  • The gap between the two suggests a superfluity that has long dogged the business.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of superfluity
Noun
  • And if two new buildings seem like overkill, think of all those data centers.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • This might seem like overkill, given that an AI system needs only a few engineers to run it.
    — Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of overkill
Noun
  • One thing no one will ever remember about it is the album having a surfeit of bass.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
  • And yet, the Westfield WTC has struggled with a surfeit of empty space since the beginning.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of surfeit
Noun
  • Methadone is one of the most effective medications for opioid use disorder, cutting the risk of fatal overdose by roughly half.
    — Yashaswini Singh, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The police department's announcement comes more than a month after the Greenville County Coroner's Office in South Carolina ruled her death an accidental overdose involving fentanyl and other substances.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of overdose
Noun
  • The takeaway is that an oversupply of capital is chasing too few opportunities.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • That inclusion will generate sufficient demand and protect the share price from any oversupply, Deven Choksey, founder and managing director at wealth management firm DRChoksey FinServ, told CNBC.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of oversupply
Noun
  • Season to taste Preferences for salt levels, spice tolerances, and general amplitude of flavors are highly personal.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Quantum computers manipulate physical systems whose behavior includes complex amplitudes, phase, interference and entanglement.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of amplitude
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