surplusage

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 Hibbert
There 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 Navarre
A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature.
Essays, First Series|Ralph Waldo Emerson
No, 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 Kennedy

His account was heavy enough as it stood without piling up surplusage.
The Fighting Edge|William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for surplusage

surplusage

/ (ˈsɜːpləsɪdʒ) /

noun

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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