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superfluousity

superfluousity noun: the state of being superfluous; superfluousness; superfluity.

Noun

superfluousity (countable and uncountable, plural superfluousities)

  1. (nonstandard, possibly, rare, uncountable) The state of being superfluous; superfluousness; superfluity.
    • 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...2001 February 18, Harold Wood, “A permanent fix.”, in aus.culture.true-blue (Usenet)
    • 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)
  2. (countable, nonstandard, possibly, rare) Something superfluous.
    • - 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)

Forms of superfluousity

pluralsuperfluousities

Origin of superfluousity

From superfluous + -ity.

Questions about superfluousity

What does superfluousity mean?
Superfluousity means the state of being superfluous; superfluousness; superfluity.
What part of speech is superfluousity?
Superfluousity is a noun.
What is the plural of superfluousity?
The plural of superfluousity is superfluousities.

Words near superfluousity in the dictionary

  1. superfluous interval
  2. superfluous intervals
  3. superfluous man
  4. superfluous men
  5. superfluousities
  6. superfluousity
  7. superfluously
  8. superfluousness
  9. superfluousnesses
  10. superflus
  11. superflux

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