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superfluous
adjective
(su-per-flu-ous)
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Synonyms:
otiose
,
pointless
,
purposeless
,
senseless
,
wasted
,
superfluous
adjective
(su-per-flu-ous)
more than is needed, desired, or required
Synonyms:
excess
,
extra
,
redundant
,
spare
,
supererogatory
,
supernumerary
,
surplus
,
Examples:
Delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words.
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pointless
,
unnecessary
,
otiose
,
redundant
,
unneeded
,
worthless
,
wasted
,
supererogatory
,
extra
,
supernumerary
,
spare
,
excess
,
surplus
,
useless
,
extraneous
,
irrelevant
,
meaningless
,
gratuitous
,
dispensable
,
futile
,
expendable
,
obsolete
,
needless
,
specious
,
wasteful
,
unhelpful
,
unnecessarily
,
unwarranted
,
necessary
,
fruitless
,
unfounded
,
excessive
,
negligible
,
uncalled
,
unwanted
,
vain
,
need
,
amiss
,
undue
,
papilla
,
affluent
,
uncalled-for
,
unimportant
,
nonsensical
,
inconsequential
,
inessential
,
nugatory
,
unessential
,
trite
,
uninteresting
,
tiresome
,
tedious
,
unproductive
,
vacuous
,
absurd
,
anachronistic
,
banal
,
trivial
,
frivolous
,
ludicrous
,
ridiculous
,
repetitious
,
illogical
,
incongruous
,
devoid
,
valueless
,
cumbersome
,
impractical
,
purposeless
,
ineffective
,
counterproductive
,
ineffectual
,
supervacaneous
,
superfluence
,
parergy
,
silly
,
laughable
,
risible
,
perfunctory
,
unobjectionable
,
obligatory
,
unworthy
,
insubstantial
,
contentless
,
preposterous
,
hackneyed
,
overlong
,
irksome
,
meretricious
,
distracting
,
implausible
,
fatuous
,
unenjoyable
,
unsexy
,
vapid
,
obtuse
,
pretentious
,
adverbial
,
tautological
,
prosaic
,
superfluous
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