superfluity
Example Sentences
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Alongside the Spanish colonial homes, the scene is a picturesque look into wealth, opulence and superfluity that only a select few Angelenos can afford.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025
Under low light, these faded, wispy clippings from the cutting-room floor suggest a superfluity of ideas that might have supplied a lifetime of inspiration to other artists.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2019
If any activity is designed to underline the pitiful superfluity of our stuff, it’s that one.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2016
Partly, I think, because Miller treats his story line as Max would treat his car—stripping out superfluity and softness, in the interest of pure speed.
From The New Yorker • May 15, 2015
“My learned friend does not appear to have gained a great deal by his superfluity of interruption”, remarked the Solicitor-General suavely, and the Court laughed loudly.
From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.