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SURPLUSAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does surplusage mean?
• SURPLUSAGE (noun)
The noun SURPLUSAGE has 1 sense:
1. a quantity much larger than is needed
Familiarity information: SURPLUSAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quantity much larger than is needed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
excess; nimiety; surplus; surplusage
Hypernyms ("surplusage" is a kind of...):
overabundance; overmuch; overmuchness; superabundance (a quantity that is more than what is appropriate)
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