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superfluity

 
Dictionary: su·per·flu·i·ty   ('pər-flū'ĭ-tē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ties.
  1. The quality or condition of being superfluous.
  2. Something superfluous: could do without such superfluities as a second car.
  3. Overabundance; excess.

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noun

  1. A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: embarrassment, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, overabundance, plethora, superabundance, superfluousness, surfeit. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
  2. An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: excess, fat, glut, overage, overflow, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, surplus, surplusage. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

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n

Definition: surplus
Antonyms: lack, shortage


WordNet: superfluity
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: extreme excess
  Synonyms: nimiety, overplus, plethora, embarrassment


Translations: Superfluity
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - overflod, overflødighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
overbodigheid

Français (French)
n. - surabondance, caractère superflu

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überflüssigkeit, Überfluß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περίσσεια, το παραπανίσιο, περιττολογία, πλατειασμός

Italiano (Italian)
superfluità

idioms:

  • superfluity of    superfluità di

Português (Portuguese)
n. - superfluidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
чрезмерное изобилие

Español (Spanish)
n. - superfluidad, exceso, superabundancia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - att vara överflödig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
额外, 过剩, 奢侈品

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 額外, 過剩, 奢侈品

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여분, 과분, 가외 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 余分, 余計

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فيض , وفرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שפע, עודף, שפיעה‬


 
 
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