superfluous
11superfluous — adjective /suːˈpɜːflu.əs,sjʊˈpɜːflu.əs,suːˈpɝːflu.əs/ in excess of what is required or sufficient With a full rain suit, I think carrying an umbrella is superfluous. Syn: excessive, extraneous, extra, pleonastic, supernumerary, surplus …
12superfluous — See redundant. See redundant, superfluous, prolix …
13superfluous — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth, render sth ▪ consider sth …
14superfluous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unnecessary, needless; excessive, overmuch. See remainder. Ant., necessary. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unnecessary, excessive, superabundant, overflowing, redundant, overmuch, very great, abounding …
15superfluous — su|per|flu|ous [su:ˈpə:fluəs US ˈpə:r ] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: superfluus, from superfluere to overflow ] more than is needed or wanted = ↑unnecessary ▪ a modern building with no superfluous decoration >superfluously adv …
16superfluous — adjective formal more than is needed or wanted; unnecessary: We could all see what was going on, so the commentary was superfluous. superfluously adverb superfluousness noun (U) …
17superfluous — UK [suːˈpɜː(r)fluəs] / US [sʊˈpɜrfluəs] adjective not needed or wanted They were superfluous to requirements (= not required). Derived word: superfluously adverb …
18Superfluous interval — Superfluous 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… …
19Superfluous man — The Superfluous Man ( ru. «лишний человек») is a 19th century Russian literary concept. It relates to an individual, possibly of talent and capability, who does not fit into the state centered pattern of employment. Often the individual is born… …
20superfluous man — ▪ literature Russian Lishny Chelovek, a character type whose frequent recurrence in 19th century Russian literature is sufficiently striking to make him a national archetype. He is usually an aristocrat, intelligent, well educated, and… …
