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redundancy

Roget category 641

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#641. Redundancy

noun

redundancy, redundancetoo much, too manysuperabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturationnimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profusenessprofusion etc. (plenty) 639repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque [Lat.], lion's sharemore than enough etc. 639plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickenerturgescence etc. (expansion) 194overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflowinundation etc. (water) 348avalanche.
accumulation etc. (store) 636heap etc. 72drug, drug in the marketglutcrowdburden.
excesssurplus, overplus epactmarginremainder etc. 40duplicatesurplusage, expletivework of supererogationbonus, bonanza.
luxuryintemperance etc. 954extravagance etc. (prodigality) 818exorbitance, lavishment.
pleonasm etc. (diffuseness) 573too many irons in the fireembarras de richesses [Fr.].

verb

superabound, overaboundknow no bounds, swarmmeet one at every turncreep with, crawl with, bristle withoverflowrun over, flow over, well over, brim overrun riotoverrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark etc. (go beyond) 303surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flooddrug, drug the markethepatize.
choke, cloy, accloy, suffocatepile up, lay on thickimpregnate withlavish etc. (squander) 818.
send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athensteach one's grandmother to suck eggspisces natare docere [Lat.]kill the slain, gild refined gold," gild the lily," butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon baconemploy a steam engine to crack a nut etc. (waste) 638.
exaggerate etc. 549wallow in roll in etc. (plenty) 639remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging.

adjective

redundanttoo much, too manyexuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavishprodigal etc. 818exorbitantoverweeningextravagantovercharged etc. v. — supersaturated, drenched, overflowingrunning over, running to waste, running down.
crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowinggorged, ready to burstdropsical, turgid, plethoricobese etc. 194.
superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous, uncalled for, to spare, in excessover and above etc. (remainder) 40de trop [Fr.]adscititious etc. (additional) 37supernumerary etc. (reserve) 636on one's hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletiveun peu fort [Fr.].

adverb

over, too, over and aboveovermuch, too muchtoo farwithout measure, beyond measure, out of measurewith a to spareover head and earsup to one's eyes, up to one's earsextrabeyond the mark etc. (transcursion) 303acervatim [Lat.].

phrase

it never rains but it poursfortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis [Lat.].
2. Degree of Subservience

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