About The Word Superfluous
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Superfluous
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What's The Definition Of Superfluous?
[adj] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
[adj] serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words" Synonyms | Synonyms for Superfluous: excess | extra | otiose | pointless | redundant | spare | supererogatory | supernumerary | surplus | unnecessary | unneeded | wasted | worthless Related Terms | Find terms related to Superfluous: See Also | Superfluous In Webster's Dictionary \Su*per"flu*ous\, a. [L. superfluus overflowing;
super over, above + fluere to flow. See {Super-}, and
{Fluent}.]
More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by
superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a
superfluous price. --Shak.
An authority which makes all further argument or
illustration superfluous. --E. Everett.
{Superfluous interval} (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a
major or perfect interval by a semitone.
Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant;
needless. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Su*per"flu*ous*ness}, n.
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