English to Icelandic Meaning of superfluity - superfluity

Superfluity :

superfluity

noun

offramboð, umfram, gnægð, afgangur

Superfluity :: superfluity

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Definitions of superfluity in English

Noun(1) extreme excess

Examples of superfluity in English

(1) In a definitive show of superfluity , they tried selling me tanning lotion.(2) 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 ├ö├ç├┐as useless as a chocolate teapot├ö├ç├û or ├ö├ç├┐as a chocolate fireguard├ö├ç├û.(3) a superfluity of unoccupied time(4) 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.(5) One senses Brahms's desire from about 1880 to condense his thought and shed all superfluity .(6) they thought the garrison a superfluity(7) Anything that smacked of luxury or superfluity was anathema to him.(8) 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 .(9) 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.(10) After all, what else can one expect, when a superfluity of worthless crooks abound?(11) Having an outside force influence him was a jarring superfluity .(12) servants who had nothing to do but to display their own superfluity(13) In this land of efficiency there is a superfluity of interesting things to be seen.(14) 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.(15) 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.(16) But omissions and superfluities are inevitable in such a book.

(1) superfine sugar ::

OfurFínt sykur

Synonyms

Noun

1. surplus ::

afgangur

2. excess ::

umfram

3. overabundance ::

ofgnótt

4. glut ::

Ofgnótt

5. surfeit ::

yfirþyrmandi

6. profusion ::

profusion

7. plethora ::

ofgnótt

Antonyms

1. basic ::

undirstöðu

2. essential ::

nauðsynlegt

3. fundamental ::

grundvallaratriði

4. must ::

verður

5. necessity ::

nauðsyn

Different Forms

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