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superfluity in Portuguese

superfluity in Portuguese is superfluidade, supérfluo — superfluity means the state of having far more of something than is needed.

superfluity in Portuguese

superfluidade
noun
The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.
supérfluo
noun
Something superfluous, as a luxury.
superfluidade
noun
Something superfluous, as a luxury.

What does "superfluity" mean?

  1. noun The state of having far more of something than is needed.
    "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."
  2. noun An extra item that is not really necessary, such as a luxury.
  3. noun The collective term for a number of nuns.
    "These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living."
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superfluity in a sentence

  • 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.
  • These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living.
  • Alice put Anna back on the shelf and turned up the volume on the TV, where a local news reporter was imparting a salutary tale of woe involving a superfluity of nuns who'd got into a scrape at a crab festival.

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What is "superfluity" in Portuguese?
"superfluity" in Portuguese is superfluidade, supérfluo. superfluity means: The state of having far more of something than is needed.
Are there other ways to say "superfluity" in Portuguese?
Yes — Portuguese has 2 translations listed for "superfluity": superfluidade, supérfluo.
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