Each stores has its own storekeeper, a clerk who specializes in organizing his department so that there is not a superfluity of one article and a scarcity of another.
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Superfluity
/ˌsuː.pəˈfluː.ɪ.ti/
Synonyms for "superfluity" (152 found)
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abundanceacresamenityamplitudebagsbarrelbarrelsbedizenmentbraverybushelchiffonclinquantcloud of wordscopiousnesscountlessnessdiffusenessdiffusiondiffusivenessduplicationduplication of effort
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Noun(5 words)
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oceanoceansornamentationoutpouroverabundanceoveradornmentoverageoverflowoverflowingoverkilloverlapovermuchoverplusoversupplypaddingpalilogypastepayroll paddingpeckpinchbeck
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plenitudeplentypleonasmplethoraprodigalityproductivityprofusenessprofusionprolificacyprolificityprolixityquantitiesquantityrampancyranknessredundanceredundancyreiterationreiterativenessrepetition for effectrepetitivenessrestseaspatesuperabundancesuperfluousnesssuperfluxsupersaturationsurfeitsurplussurplusageswarmingtalkativenesstautologyteemingteemingnesstinseltiradetonstrappingstrickerytrumperyunnecessarinessverbosityvolumeworldworlds
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9 entriesextraneous accessorygrandiloquenceornate dictionoverabundanceredundancyredundant itemsuperfluousnessunneeded featureverbose phrasing
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5 entriescultural superfluitydata superfluityeconomic superfluitylinguistic superfluitysuperfluity of detail
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7 total sentences available.
As they had almost all the conveniencies of life within themselves, they seldom visited towns or cities in search of superfluity.
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I really doubt whether there be such a thing as a heart in the world: perhaps, after all, it is only an elegant superfluity kept for the use of poets. Certainly we have no use for it here.
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It is to be presumed that Miss Blanche Amory had more than one rose in her bouquet, and why should not the kind young creature give out of her superfluity, and make as many partners as possible happy?
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