surplusage

Other forms: surplusages

Definitions of surplusage
  1. noun
    a quantity much larger than is needed
    synonyms: excess, nimiety, surplus
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    type of:
    overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance
    a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
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