superfluity

Example Sentences

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How refreshingly meta, then, that “The Devil Wears Prada 2” — a film that seemingly had no discernible reason to exist other than to make money — directly addresses its own superfluity.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Thankfully, YA novelist Robin Wasserman’s 2016 adult debut, “Girls on Fire,” boasts a superfluity of violently intense female friendship to tide us over until Season 3.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Under low light, these faded, wispy clippings from the cutting-room floor suggest a superfluity of ideas that might have supplied a lifetime of inspiration to other artists.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2019

Partly, I think, because Miller treats his story line as Max would treat his car—stripping out superfluity and softness, in the interest of pure speed.

From The New Yorker • May 15, 2015

The desire to be just and equal was present; the one thing wanting was a due sense of the difference between superfluity and need.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert