superfluity
noun [ C or U ] formal uk/ˌsuː.pəˈfluː.ə.ti/ us/ˌsuː.pɚˈfluː.ə.t̬i/
冗余
an amount of something that is more than is needed or wanted, or the state of being more than is wanted or needed
The new director has said that there is a superfluity of staff in the organization, and that cuts must be made. 新的总监说过机构人员有冗余，必须要减员。
See: superfluous
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- There is so much materialistic superfluity in today's society that retailers are desperate to push any product that the typical household does not already possess.
- She was depressed by a sense of her own superfluity.
- We have a superfluity of restaurants (45 within a quarter mile of the Tube) but it is a mixed community.
- The text is full of barbarisms, tautologies, and superfluities.