superfluity

Though much of the action is muddled by a superfluity of angles and edits, Sten looks very good whenever we get more than a glimpse of her in motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Building on her doctoral research on homeschooling in Los Angeles County, Ms. Lane is careful to note the limits of existing studies and the superfluity of misinformation surrounding her topic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

But, a little paradoxically, the collection is most valuable when it’s proving its own superfluity: The best material is what made it onto the completed record.

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

I exclaim, like Cæsar, when he, too, was afflicted with superfluity of water, "Help me, Cassius, or I sink!"

From Doesticks, What He Says by Q. K. Philander Doesticks

And Kuo’s sluggish direction, alongside the superfluities of Shekar’s script and the cast’s aerobic attempts to breathe life into inconsequential characters and static scenes, makes the two-hour show feel interminable.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2020

But now it feels more like a costly necessity, one whose exorbitant price tag is thinly justified by superfluities like face recognition, wireless charging, and a snazzier camera.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2019

A good novel is art’s closest equivalent to a human being—by nature a concoction of surprises, contradictions, and superfluities.

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2015

Of course, I didn’t bother with superfluities like gold pieces or twenty-sided dice, but I did think upon the same factors.

From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2012

Forgive my pouring into your lap this torrent of mingled uncertainties and superfluities.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James