Excess
Excess noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.
Scraps and excess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scraps" instead a noun "Excess".
Nearby Words: excessive, excessively
Scraps
Scraps noun - Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
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- Frequently averted by the Minutemen: Since the words often came first and sometimes were scraps of poetry that weren't even originally intended to be sung, there would frequently be an excess of syllables.
Source: Lyrical Shoehorn
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