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Meaning of superfluous


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  superfluous
      adj 1: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
             "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a
             pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless";
             "senseless violence" [syn: {otiose}, {pointless},
             {purposeless}, {senseless}, {superfluous}, {wasted}]
      2: 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" [syn: {excess}, {extra}, {redundant}, {spare},
         {supererogatory}, {superfluous}, {supernumerary}, {surplus}]


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