superfluousness
The committee decided the extra paragraph was pure superfluousness and removed it.
Noun: - The state or quality of being superfluous: "superfluousness" refers to the condition of being more than is needed, desired, or required; excessiveness or redundancy.
- (The state of being unnecessary or excessive.)
- (The quality of having too many unnecessary parts.)
- (The condition of being redundant or surplus.)
"superfluousness in design": refers to unnecessary elements in architecture, art, or product design.
- The minimalist architect avoided any superfluousness in the building's layout. (He eliminated all non-essential features.)
"superfluousness of language": describes verbose or redundant phrasing in writing or speech.
- The editor cut the superfluousness from the manuscript to make it more concise. (He removed unnecessary words or sentences.)
Superfluous (adj): exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; extra.
- The report contained superfluous details that confused the readers. (Unnecessary details.)
Superfluously (adv): in a way that is more than needed.
- She superfluously added salt to the already seasoned dish. (Unnecessarily.)
- Redundancy: the state of being not or no longer needed or useful.
- Excess: an amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.
- Surplusage: an excess or oversupply; a word or phrase that is redundant in a text.
- Unnecessariness: the quality of not being required or essential.
"Carry coals to Newcastle": to do something that is completely unnecessary or redundant (idiom related to superfluousness).
- Bringing extra water to the desert is like carrying coals to Newcastle — it shows superfluousness. (A pointless action.)
"Gild the lily": to add unnecessary ornamentation to something already beautiful or good.
- Adding more decorations to the already perfect cake would be gilding the lily, a clear case of superfluousness. (Unnecessary embellishment.)