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
  • When energy demand is low and renewable energy supply is in surplus, the Nova Spin uses its electric motor to accelerate the steel rotor inside the unit.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • Instead, the Sharks got two defensemen who are not elite and a forward who might just be a surplus to immediate needs.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Definition of surplus
Noun
  • France’s reputation for red tape and bureaucratic excess very much applies to AC units.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • Lift okra from egg mixture, allowing any excess to drip off; dredge in cornmeal mixture, pressing gently to fully coat each piece.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 7 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
  • This is still an expensive, advanced camera that might be overkill and somewhat intimidating for new users.
    — Tantse Walter, Space.com, 24 June 2026
  • If the league shifted the primary burden of development to colleges, would those tools amount to overkill?
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 24 June 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
  • The man survived and no one was ever charged with a crime for the overdose, but Gillum withdrew from public life for months afterward while seeking treatment for alcohol abuse and depression.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • That was followed by an embarrassing incident a little more than a year later in March 2020 when Gillum was found in a Miami Beach hotel room with two men, one of whom had a heart attack from what police believed to be a drug overdose.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Definition of overdose
Noun
  • The oil market is coming full circle as millions of barrels that were stranded in the Persian Gulf head to global markets, creating a sudden oversupply that has pushed prices to their lowest level since the US-Iran war began.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 30 June 2026
  • Before the war in the Middle East, a global oversupply weighed on demand for Russian crude, while Ukrainian military strikes have been successfully limiting output at Russian refineries for months.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Definition of oversupply
Noun
  • The volume of this object is indeed computing the scattering amplitudes in question.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • Judges look for amplitude, creativity, style, flow of run and difficulty.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of amplitude
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“Superfluousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superfluousness. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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