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superfluous |
Overview of adj superfluous The adj superfluous has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. otiose, pointless, superfluous, wasted -- (serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words") 2. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus -- (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") Antonyms of adj superfluous 2 senses of superfluous Sense 1 otiose, pointless, superfluous, wasted INDIRECT (VIA worthless) -> valuable Sense 2 excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus INDIRECT (VIA unnecessary) -> necessary Similarity of adj superfluous 2 senses of superfluous Sense 1 otiose, pointless, superfluous, wasted => worthless (vs. valuable) Sense 2 excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus => unnecessary (vs. necessary), unneeded Attributes of adj superfluous Familiarity of adj superfluous superfluous used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj superfluous superfluous Overview of adj superfluous The adj superfluous has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. otiose, pointless, superfluous, wasted -- (serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words") 2. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus -- (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")
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