Superfluous, needless. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous > superfluous or unnecessary (17) wastec1380 Superfluous, needless. Obsolete. voidc1440 Of material things: superfluous, waste. Obsolete. rare. superfluousc1450 That is not needed or required; unnecessary, redundant; uncalled for; (sometimes) spec. not essential, trivial. supererogative1538 More than is needed or required, superfluous; = supererogatory, adj. supererogatory1549 Characterized by, or having the nature of, supererogation; going beyond what is commanded or required; (more generally) superfluous. supervacaneala1575 = supervacaneous, adj. supervacaneousa1575 Unnecessarily or pointlessly added over and above what is essential; superfluous, redundant. supervacuous1577 = supervacaneous, adj. supernumerary1617 Beyond that which is necessary, useful, or desired; superfluous, unnecessary. excrescent1633 Growing abnormally out of something else; constituting an excrescence; redundant, superfluous. expletive1656 gen. Serving to fill something out; introduced merely to occupy space, or to make up a required quantity or number. Obsolete. expletory1679 Serving to fill up or complete something; unnecessary; (of a word or expression) serving to fill out a sentence or a metrical line; = expletive, adj.… supererogant1737 Going beyond what is needed or required, superfluous; = supererogatory, adj. ripieno1781 In extended use: that serves to fill up a place; supernumerary. Obsolete. rare. excrescentitious1833 Of the nature of an excrescence. excrescential1849 Of the nature of an excrescence, redundant. fifth-wheel1874 (a) (see quot.); (b) chiefly U.S., something superfluous (elliptical for sense A. 1c above); also as adj. |
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