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" (141 found)
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Strong matches (42)
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29 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- излишък noun (something superfluous)
- изобилие noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
Catalan
2 entries- superfluïtat noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
- superfluïtat noun (something superfluous)
Czech
2 entries- zbytečnost noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
- zbytečnost noun (something superfluous)
Finnish
4 entries- liiallisuus noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
- liiallisuus noun (something superfluous)
- tarpeettomuus noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
- tarpeettomuus noun (something superfluous)
French
2 entries- superflu noun (something superfluous)
- superfluité noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌿𐍆𐌾𐍉 noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
- 𐌿𐍆𐌾𐍉 noun (something superfluous)
Italian
3 entries- superfluità noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
- superfluità noun (something superfluous)
- superfluo noun (something superfluous)
Latin
1 entries- superfluitās noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
Portuguese
3 entries- superfluidade noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
- superfluidade noun (something superfluous)
- supérfluo noun (something superfluous)
Romanian
2 entries- superfluitate noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
- superfluitate noun (something superfluous)
Spanish
1 entries- superfluidad noun (quality or state of being superfluous)
Swedish
1 entries- överflöd noun (something superfluous)
Sample sentences
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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