superfluousness

noun

Definition of superfluousnessnext
as in surplus

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  1. surplus
  2. excess
  3. superfluity
  4. overkill
  5. surfeit
  6. overdose
  7. oversupply
  8. amplitude
Noun
  • The 28-year-old, who once had hopes of signing a multi-year deal this winter, will start at second for the Tigers, who now have a surplus of infielders.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • That gives the club a surplus of pitchers for their starting rotation.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of surplus
Noun
  • There’s no separating this excess of narrative from the glut of Squid Game derivatives we’ve been sold over the past three years.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Nike is now dealing with an excess of inventory from sales slowdowns as consumers turn to newer styles from other brands.
    Merritt Enright, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of excess
Noun
  • Not business as usual The transition team has been grappling with an agency that has a superfluity of field centers—ten spread across the United States, as well as a formal headquarters in Washington, DC—and large, slow-moving programs that cost a lot of money and have been slow to deliver results.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen, from the world at large.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of superfluity
Noun
  • The scene repeats the joke too many times at the end, but the joy of watching Yang get sprayed in the face by a hose makes up for a bit of comic overkill.
    Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
  • In the wake of the presidential election this month, the validity or not of the word Latinx was again brought up, but all the handwringing and dramatic reaction feels like overkill.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of overkill
Noun
  • In the living room, on the lower floor, a contemporary Ashley Hicks chandelier illuminates a circa 1920 Japanese lacquered table and an array of plush seating in varied materials and colors—all surrounded by a surfeit of art and objects made across five centuries and nearly as many continents.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This deference has endured over the decades, despite skyrocketing coaching salaries and sports stadium surfeit that critics say is at odds with higher education’s raison d’être.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of surfeit
Noun
  • Driven by fentanyl, overdoses killed 810 people in the city last year, although drug deaths have fallen sharply in recent months.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Fewer Americans die from drug overdose In another report Thursday, the CDC said drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% in 2023, the first drop since 2018.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of overdose
Noun
  • Globally, demand in the sector remains subdued due to oversupplies in the European market as well as high inventory levels in China.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • An oversupply of prescription opioid pain medication followed in the mid-1990s, exposing millions of Americans to the drugs.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of oversupply
Noun
  • The number of fans at Swift's shows and the strength of their jumping and cheering will help determine the amplitude of a Tayquake here, Gong said.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In REM sleep, brain waves are low in amplitude and relatively fast, and the eye movements are rapid, too.
    Beth Ann Malow, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of amplitude
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