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
  • Learn how to measure flour the Test Kitchen way, and remember that dipping the measuring cup in the flour and scooping it out generally results in a 25-gram surplus of flour.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Carnegie urged the rich to live modestly and to direct the surplus toward universities, libraries, medical institutions and public parks.
    — Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of surplus
Noun
  • Grantham’s own framing reaches for an even longer horizon, tying market excess to demographic collapse and resource scarcity.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Or, the homeowner can choose to use battery storage and avoid an excess of $10,000 of expense of just upgrading the board.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 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
  • Even better, there were no supply issues, seemingly no risk of depletion or overkill.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of overkill
Noun
  • Another reason there was such a healthy music scene in Detroit was the surfeit of clubs supported by the wages of black workers employed by the city’s auto industry.
    — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • As the controversy swirled, Treblo absorbed a surfeit of free publicity, with Fenix Flexin as its figurehead.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of surfeit
Noun
  • Although there was further investigation, the district attorney found that her death was still ruled a drug overdose.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In that time, police have been able to use the cameras to connect a drug dealer to a fatal overdose and to arrest a man who was trying to lure a kid into his vehicle, Morello said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of overdose
Noun
  • An oversupply of durians in Malaysia — driven by hot and dry weather and more orchards reaching maturity — also pushed prices down.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • While one resource was heavily in demand, the country had an oversupply of the other.
    — Robert Smith, NPR, 29 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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