superfluousity

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noun

The state of being superfluous; superfluousness; superfluity.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounsuperfluousity (countable and uncountable, plural superfluousities)

plural superfluousities

  1. nonstandardpossiblyrareuncountableThe state of being superfluous; superfluousness; superfluity.

    Verily, evisceration would be apropos for the egregious superfluousity of his floral verbiage.

    2006 January 5, Hughes., “Kieron Gillen Needs To Die”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet)
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    And not for you the acts of the poncy punctuation police who search for a comma or full stop out of place, :-) in another's contribution in order to depreciate their intelligent ideas! :-) And heaven forbid you never find joy in pointing out any superfluousity of parentheses, or the atrophy accompanying asterisk abuse! :-)

    2001 February 18, Harold Wood, “A permanent fix.”, in aus.culture.true-blue (Usenet)

    In an attempt to weed out any superfluousity i posted a response to your above only to alt.magick and soc.culture.usa in an attempt to cut down on the signal to noise ratio.

    2008 July 9, Joseph Littleshoes, “THE SINISTER MAN NAMED ALIESTER CROWLEY WAS NOT THE BEAST = 777 in Alpha-Reduced”, in alt.bible (Usenet)
  2. countablenonstandardpossiblyrareSomething superfluous.

    The list of inefficiencies, superfluousities, lethalities and downright *bad* design could be expanded almost without limit.

    2005 August 25, Bill Shatzer, “Conservative Scientists Push New Theory of Intelligent Falling in Schools”, in or.politics (Usenet)
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    - Does the theory account for the data? - Is the theory simple? Are there unnecessary superfluousities? - Is the theory useful? Does it provide the basis for a fruitful program of research?

    1987 January 29, s...@bfly-vax.bbn.com.uucp, “Consciousness?”, in mod.ai (Usenet)

    It will analyze your A-correlatives and de-nest all the parenthetical elements into referenced levels, so you can spot missing parens/brackets, double nested superfluousities, and generally see the structure of your oh-so-carefully-crafted work of art.

    2002 March 26, Ed Sheehan, “Knee deep in correlatives?”, in comp.databases.pick (Usenet)

Origin

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APA

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“superfluousity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfluousity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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