Bahasa Melayu

kelewahan

Bahasa Melayu

English

excessiveness, redundancy, superfluity

The state of being too much, unnecessary, or more than needed.

كليواهن

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Guru itu menegur kelewahan dalam karangan pelajar.

    The teacher pointed out the redundancy in the student's essay.

  2. Kelewahan ayat itu menjadikannya kurang kemas.

    The excessiveness of that sentence made it less neat.

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kelewahan

Used for something unnecessary because it is too much.

Word family

Common derived forms

lewah
excessive; redundant

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.