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View synonyms for surplusage
surplusage
[ sur-pluhs-ij ]
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Origin of surplusage1
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Example Sentences
But far more satisfactory for absorbing the surplusage of labour was the development which the period witnessed in manufacture.
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There is a great surplusage of words and a seeming inability to get to the point.
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A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature.
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No, sir; it is not necessary and it is entirely what they call surplusage.
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His account was heavy enough as it stood without piling up surplusage.
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