Superfluous

Word SUPERFLUOUS
Character 11
Hyphenation su per flu ous
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Superfluous"

What do we mean by superfluous?

Being beyond what is required or sufficient. adjective

More than is wanted or sufficient; unnecessary from being in excess of what is needed; excessive; redundant; needless: as, a composition abounding with superfluous words.

Supplied with superfluities; having somewhat beyond necessaries.

Doing more than what is called for; supererogatory.

Excessive.

In music, of intervals, augmented.

More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive. adjective

An interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. adjective

In excess of what is required or sufficient. adjective

Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being adjective

More than is needed, desired, or required adjective

In excess of what is required or sufficient.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Superfluous

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The word "superfluous" in example sentences

I think a good deal of what you call superfluous condolence would come under the head of superfluous criticism. ❋ Arthur Helps (1844)

"Not really an option" is your position, meaning a discussion of historical evidence is "superfluous from a scriptural perspective". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those who are not bored are merely lost in superfluous activity: fashion, lifestyle, TV, drink, drugs, technology, et cetera – the usual things we use to pass the time. ❋ Sam Jordison (2010)

But an interpretation of the Necessary and Proper Clause that gives Congress virtually unlimited power and renders most of the rest of Article I superfluous is surely “improper” if anything is. ❋ Unknown (2010)

God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty. ' ❋ Mike Green (2010)

If he wishes to assert a dual common source (both God and Q) then that's his prerogative but I would cite this as superfluous from a scriptural perspective. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Who better to be your writing inspiration than the man who can bring out the super in superfluous? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Tweaking them is superfluous from the standpoint of mother nature. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The argument misses that it is not the way the words are read that renders the phrase superfluous but simply changing technology. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The superfluous is the very thing we work and long for. ❋ Unknown (1921)

In the first few pages there is not a word superfluous or an idea out of place in drawing the picture. ❋ Unknown (1897)

I am thinking seriously what to do with it, as I never eat snaps; and besides would rather invest such an amount of capital in something of a permanent character, that might remind me of him more agreeably than by an indigestion; but, for my life, I cannot fix upon anything that I need, and to buy something that I feel to be superfluous is so little in my way! ❋ Unknown (1883)

You just tried to rob me of tens of thousands of dollars in superfluous interest payments and now you’re asking for my business? ❋ Unknown (2009)

When Gates announced plans in August to close the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, which defense experts and even former commanders dubbed superfluous, the Virginia congressional delegation protested loudly. ❋ Winslow T. Wheeler (2010)

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What does superfluous mean?

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