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de trop
[ duh troh ]
adjective
- too much; too many.
- in the way; not wanted.
de trop
/ də tro /
adjective
- postpositive not wanted; in the way; superfluous
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Example Sentences
In solitude it is the pleasantest companion possible, and in company never de trop.
I was to live at the Legation, there being no Ambassadorial women folks to make the staff de trop.
He is utterly insignificant, rebuked, and humiliated,--even as a brainless beauty finds herself de trop in a circle of wits.
A whole summer spent in this listless manner does not seem de trop in a refined education.
With anyone else he might have thought it "good cheek" to imagine it possible his wife or he could be de trop in their own house.
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