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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
  • Fulton argued the proposition effectively would limit clinics from accumulating surpluses and reserves.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Companies and families worldwide have surpluses of goods or high-quality items for resale in secondary markets.
    — Wayne Elsey, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of surplus
Noun
  • In Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel The Giver, a world of human complexity has been flattened deliberately to remove the inconvenient excesses of emotion and feeling.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • At the exact same time, young, upstart groups like the Ramones and the Clash were forming in response to the corporatization of rock, the bloated egos of its biggest stars, and the excesses of prog with the back-to-basics minimalism of punk.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 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
  • The chaotic, violence-laden sequence is but the first of many in a film that aspires to classic Hollywood action movie status but reduces its effectiveness through overkill of both the literal and figurative kind.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • His métier is statistics, but his real talent is finding something unexpectedly moving beneath the statistical overkill of American sports.
    — Spike Carter, Air Mail, 5 Sep. 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
  • The show then flashes forward to the other women emotionally processing the news of his overdose and coming together at Angie’s to console one another and share memories of Robert.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Ten days later, another sailor aboard the aircraft carrier was hospitalized for a drug overdose and was given Narcan, a medication that stops the effects of opioids.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of overdose
Noun
  • The peak moving season in the apartment market is spring and summer, but an oversupply of new units changed that seasonal dynamic with respect to rents and vacancies.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • An eventual oversupply of housing has now led to whole ghost districts and empty projects in many places.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of oversupply
Noun
  • While the tapestry’s amplitude surpassed the metric limit, the metric itself was misleading, and the work could travel safely with no further changes.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 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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“Superfluousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superfluousness. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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