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SURPLUSAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quantity much larger than is needed
Synonyms:
excess; nimiety; surplus; surplusage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("surplusage" is a kind of...):
overabundance; overmuch; overmuchness; superabundance (a quantity that is more than what is appropriate)