Dictionary entry
Tape machine
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
သံကြိုးဖြင့် ပေးပို့သည့်သတင်းစကားကို လက်ခံရန်စက်။
Definition
superfluity /su:pǝ'flu:ǝti; Brit also sju:-/ n [U, sing] ~ (of sth) ပိုလွ်ံျခင္း။ လိုသည္ထက္ပိုျခင္း။ a superfluity of helpers.
Examples
- ‘After all
- what else can one expect
- when a superfluity of worthless crooks abound?’
- ‘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.’
- ‘In this land of efficiency there is a superfluity of interesting things to be seen.’
- ‘This is why fine writing
- which is regarded as a superfluity
- enters the mainstream media only when it can be translated into the prevailing terms.’
- ‘Having an outside force influence him was a jarring superfluity.’
- ‘But we can note that at least one commentator has noted its incompatibility with the rest of his system
- while another has noted its superfluity.’
- ‘If our contentions are correct
- it was entirely unnecessary and would have been a superfluity in the circumstances of this case to have had such a clause.’
- ‘But omissions and superfluities are inevitable in such a book.’
- ‘So
- the moral element was removed from the notion of luxury and superfluity
- and the quality of people was linked to the quality of the things around them.’
- ‘In response to my post on idiomatic similes for superfluity and uselessness in German and English
- several people emailed to draw my attention to common expressions such as ‘as useless as a chocolate teapot’ or ‘as a chocolate fireguard’.’
- ‘Anything that smacked of luxury or superfluity was anathema to him.’
- ‘One senses Brahms's desire from about 1880 to condense his thought and shed all superfluity.’
- ‘In a definitive show of superfluity
- they tried selling me tanning lotion.’