Dictionary entry

Superfluity

Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəˈfluːɪti/

Pronunciation

/ˌsuːpəˈfluːɪti/

Myanmar Meaning

ပိုလျှံခြင်း။ ပိုလျှံသောပမာဏ ၊ အရာဝတ္တု။

Definition

superfluity /su:pǝ'flu:ǝti; Brit also sju:-/ n [U, sing] ~ (of sth) ပိုလွ်ံျခင္း။ လိုသည္ထက္ပိုျခင္း။ a superfluity of helpers.

Examples

  1. ‘After all
  2. what else can one expect
  3. when a superfluity of worthless crooks abound?’
  4. ‘As a necessary consequence of the proliferation of the human species men began to depart from the simplicity of the earlier times; they sought for new means to increase the amenities of life and to acquire a superfluity of goods.’
  5. ‘In this land of efficiency there is a superfluity of interesting things to be seen.’
  6. ‘This is why fine writing
  7. which is regarded as a superfluity
  8. enters the mainstream media only when it can be translated into the prevailing terms.’
  9. ‘Having an outside force influence him was a jarring superfluity.’
  10. ‘But we can note that at least one commentator has noted its incompatibility with the rest of his system
  11. while another has noted its superfluity.’
  12. ‘If our contentions are correct
  13. it was entirely unnecessary and would have been a superfluity in the circumstances of this case to have had such a clause.’
  14. ‘But omissions and superfluities are inevitable in such a book.’
  15. ‘So
  16. the moral element was removed from the notion of luxury and superfluity
  17. and the quality of people was linked to the quality of the things around them.’
  18. ‘In response to my post on idiomatic similes for superfluity and uselessness in German and English
  19. several people emailed to draw my attention to common expressions such as ‘as useless as a chocolate teapot’ or ‘as a chocolate fireguard’.’
  20. ‘Anything that smacked of luxury or superfluity was anathema to him.’
  21. ‘One senses Brahms's desire from about 1880 to condense his thought and shed all superfluity.’
  22. ‘In a definitive show of superfluity
  23. they tried selling me tanning lotion.’