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superfluity

[soo-per-floo-i-tee] / ˌsu pərˈflu ɪ ti /




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Alongside the Spanish colonial homes, the scene is a picturesque look into wealth, opulence and superfluity that only a select few Angelenos can afford.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025

Morrison had a superfluity of gifts and, like few other writers of her era, bent language to her will.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2019

With “Meal Ticket,” the Coens drive to ironic extremes a notion that John Ford placed at the center of several movies: the impotence and superfluity of cultural refinement in the raw and rugged West.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 14, 2018

It is the rare as-told-to book, or one created in collaboration with an author-for-hire, that is well-written, but “A Piece of Light” is filled with a superfluity of penny-dreadful prose.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2018

After hearty luncheon and social tea, it would seem to be a mere superfluity, not needed, a danger if partaken of, a mockery if neglected.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward