Usually means: Excess beyond what is necessary.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. superfluousness: Merriam-Webster
  2. superfluousness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. superfluousness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. superfluousness: Wordnik
  5. superfluousness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. superfluousness: Wiktionary
  7. superfluousness: Dictionary.com
  8. superfluousness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. superfluousness: FreeDictionary.org
  10. superfluousness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. superfluousness: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The state or quality of being superfluous.

Similar:
unsuperfluousness, unnecessariness, unessentialness, supernumerariness, superessentiality, extraneousness, unessentiality, superciliousness, inordinacy, superfalsity, more...

Opposite:
necessity, essentiality, indispensability

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Similar:
unsuperfluousness, unnecessariness, unessentialness, supernumerariness, superessentiality, extraneousness, unessentiality, superciliousness, inordinacy, superfalsity, more...

Opposite:
necessity, essentiality, indispensability



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