surplusage
something that is surplus; an excess amount.
an excess of words.
Origin of surplusage
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How to use surplusage in a sentence
But far more satisfactory for absorbing the surplusage of labour was the development which the period witnessed in manufacture.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden HibbertThere is a great surplusage of words and a seeming inability to get to the point.
The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) | Margaret, Queen Of NavarreA surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature.
Essays, First Series | Ralph Waldo EmersonNo, sir; it is not necessary and it is entirely what they call surplusage.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyHis account was heavy enough as it stood without piling up surplusage.
The Fighting Edge | William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for surplusage
/ (ˈsɜːpləsɪdʒ) /
law (in pleading, etc) irrelevant matter, such as a superfluous allegation
an excess of words
a less common word for surplus
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