| As such, he goes straight to the fundamentals, stripping his subject of any superfluity and adornment. |
| A film I could not control in every detail, shot quickly, with a good deal of improvisation, and nothing but words, a superfluity of them! |
| In this land of efficiency there is a superfluity of interesting things to be seen. |
| After all, what else can one expect, when a superfluity of worthless crooks abound? |
| Similarly, bigness and a superfluity of bells and whistles may attempt to take the place of durability and reliability in manufactured goods. |
| The Greek philosopher Democritus was of the latter school, declaring that it arose out of superfluity. |
