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Superfluous

Superfluous Meaning & Definition
Superfluous Definition And Meaning

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

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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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