superfluousness

superfluousness
The state or quality of being superfluous.

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  • superfluousness — index balance (amount in excess), exaggeration, plethora, tautology Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Superfluousness — Superfluous Su*per flu*ous, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See {Super }, and {Fluent}.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • superfluousness — noun see superfluous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • superfluousness — See superfluously. * * * …   Universalium

  • superfluousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: embarrassment, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, overabundance, plethora, superabundance,… …   English dictionary for students

  • superfluousness — n. quality of being superfluous, state of being unnecessary, excessiveness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • superfluousness — su·per·flu·ous·ness …   English syllables

  • superfluousness — noun see superfluous …   Useful english dictionary

  • superfluous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin superfluus, literally, running over, from superfluere to overflow, from super + fluere to flow more at fluid Date: 15th century 1. a. exceeding what is sufficient or necessary ; extra b. not needed… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Natural deduction — In logic and proof theory, natural deduction is a kind of proof calculus in which logical reasoning is expressed by inference rules closely related to the natural way of reasoning. This contrasts with the axiomatic systems which instead use… …   Wikipedia

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