supervacaneous
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Supervacaneous — Su per*va*ca ne*ous, a. [L. supervacaneus, supervacuus; super over + vacuus empty.] Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless. [Obs.] Howell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
supervacaneous — adjective /ˌsuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs,ˌsjuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs,ˌsuːpɜrvəˈkeɪnɪɵs/ Added above what is or ; , . It is an awful thing to find your efforts supervacaneous when you are so far away from home and friends, sympathy, and help … Wiktionary
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supervacaneously — adverb In a way that is supervacaneous; needlessly; redundantly. To Kant, the multiple connected with the house is quite as objective as the multiple connected with the ship ; but that he attributes to the category of quantity, and not,… … Wiktionary
supervacaneousness — noun The state or quality of being supervacaneous. The only excuse for fetching a sigh now is that the program was too long (four hours), and that a supervacaneousness of the wildfire kind of piano playing was at times felt … Wiktionary
superfluous — I adjective additional, adscititious, dispensable, duplicate, excess, excrescent, expendable, extra, extravagant, inessential, inordinate, lavish, luxuriant, luxurious, more than enough, more than sufficient, needless, overflowing, overmuch,… … Law dictionary
Redundance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Redundance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 redundance redundance Sgm: N 1 too much too much too many Sgm: N 1 superabundance superabundance superfluity superfluence| saturation Sgm: N 1 nimiety nimiety … English dictionary for students
