superfluous
31superfluous — adjective Syn: surplus (to requirements), redundant, unneeded, unnecessary, excess, extra, (to) spare, remaining, unused, left over, waste Ant: necessary …
32superfluous — [suːˈpɜːfluəs] adj not needed or wanted Syn: unnecessary …
33superfluous — su•per•flu•ous [[t]sʊˈpɜr flu əs[/t]] adj. 1) being more than is sufficient or required; excessive 2) unnecessary or needless 3) Obs. possessing or spending more than enough or necessary; extravagant • Etymology: 1400–50; < L superfluus=super… …
34superfluous — /suˈpɜfluəs / (say sooh perfloohuhs) adjective 1. being over and above what is sufficient or required. 2. unnecessary or needless. 3. Obsolete lavish or extravagant. {Middle English, from Latin superfluus overflowing} –superfluously, adverb… …
35superfluous — see FLUX …
36superfluous — adj. more than enough, redundant, needless. Derivatives: superfluously adv. superfluousness n. Etymology: ME f. L superfluus (as SUPER , fluere to flow) …
37superfluous name — a name incorrectly applied to a taxon. When first applied the taxon included the type of another name which should have been used under the provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (nomen superfluum) …
38superfluous allegations — See surplusage …
39The Diary of a Superfluous Man — (Dnevnik Lishnego Cheloveka (Дневник лишнего человека)) is an 1850 novella by Russian author Ivan Turgenev. It is written in the first person in the form of a diary by a man who has a few days left to live as he recounts incidents of his life.… …
40redundant, superfluous, prolix — These words have a common meaning of too much, more than is required or needed, excessive : The speaker s response to the question was redundant (or superfluous or prolix). Superfluous, derived from Latin terms meaning overflow, is applicable to… …
