superfluousness
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8.4
- noun
- /suːˈpɜrfluəsnəs/
- The report was criticized for its superfluousness, as it included information that was not relevant to the main topic.
Examples
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Marginalization is a condition resulting from prolonged functional superfluousness.
Academic text (1999) -
What is the point of examining superfluousness when the urgent is in our faces, constantly?
Blog text (26) -
Nationalism has been key to that drama, along with other modern keys, to be sure, as both a cause and an effect of the superfluousness of peoples across the globe.
Academic text (1999) -
For her, "their very superfluousness, their separation from both state and society" explains why the catastrophes of twentieth-century Europe began with the catastrophe of the Jews (42).
Academic text (1999) -
Many students struggle to avoid superfluousness in their essays by including unnecessary details.
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The designer aimed to eliminate the superfluousness from the product's features, focusing only on what was essential.
Synonyms
39
5.4
Using more than you need so it is unnecessary
31
3.5
Unimportant words in writing or speech
11
5.2
Unnecessary repetition that makes speech or writing longer
10
5.3
Something not related to the main topic
6
5.8
A state of not being important or having little effect
6
5.4
A small detail that does not matter
5
5.7
Too much of something that is not needed
2
6.2
A state when something has no purpose or use
1
7.9
A very large amount of something that is more than needed
1
4.6
A situation or thing that is not worth much attention
1
8.7
An amount that is more than needed or useful
1
5.5
A thing you do not need and can leave behind
1
6.6
A small matter that people think is unimportant and easy to ignore
1
8.6
So small or unimportant that it does not matter
1
6.2
A situation where something is not needed
1
8.4
A thing or situation that is not needed
1
7.8
A situation with extra parts or ideas that are not needed
1
8.9
A quality of being unnecessary and without good reason
1
9.9
The fact of not being related or important to the main point
The fact that something is not needed
A state in which something is not necessary
Not important to the subject or discussion
Antonyms
How Unnecessary
Surface Forms
Morphology
superfluousness = superfluous (transparent) = superfluous + ness
Standard noun formation from the adjective 'superfluous' with the suffix '-ness' yields the quality/state meaning directly.
Etymology
Superfluousness comes from the Latin parts super- 'over' and fluere 'to flow', the same root you see in fluid and fluent, so it gives the idea of 'overflowing'. Think of a cup that keeps overflowing — superfluousness is the extra, unnecessary things that flow beyond what you need.