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
  • But the governor also has compromised with his fellow Democrats in the legislature’s majority to approve several temporary assistance programs using the special state surplus fund.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Although that surplus depended on the district executing an additional $30 million in budget cuts this fall, officials added.
    — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of surplus
Noun
  • Khodarkovsky’s Asian comparisons also fail to explain the particular degree of excess in the Russian political system.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Bugatti Destrier Bugatti Destrier If Monterey is about excess, the Bugatti Destrier may be the ultimate example.
    — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 17 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
  • Terrible visual effects and product placements aside, what makes the crossover feel like a complete overkill is that the interspersed storylines largely rely upon pure coincidence.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
  • So the vendor who calls out two or three of your requirements as overkill is showing you real experience.
    — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 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
  • Christopher Pettiet, an actor Suplee knew from Hollywood in the 1990s, died of an accidental overdose in April 2000, according to Suplee.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Parents, some of whom have lost their children to suicide or accidental drug overdose, have sued companies for damages and urged politicians to pass new child safety laws.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of overdose
Noun
  • The layoffs, focused on wine screw cap operations, underscore a statewide shakeout driven by declining demand, rising costs and an oversupply of grapes that is forcing wineries to close and cut jobs.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of oversupply
Noun
  • By middle age, everyone loses around a third of their amplitude of accommodation.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
  • There is genuine debate regarding the amplitude and significance of this apparent decline.
    — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026
Definition of amplitude
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