surplusage

sur·plus·age  (sûrpl-sj)

n.

1. Surplus; excess.

2. An excess of words; verbiage.

3. Law Irrelevant matter in a pleading.

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surplusage [ˈsɜːpləsɪdʒ]

n

1. (Law) Law (in pleading, etc.) irrelevant matter, such as a superfluous allegation

2. an excess of words

3. a less common word for surplus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

surplusage - a quantity much larger than is needed excess, nimiety, surplus overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"