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superfluous /suːˈpəːflʊəs /adjectiveUnnecessary, especially through being more than enough: the purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information...- Unnecessary, superfluous comments waste time and try the patience of participants.
- The use of weapons which cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering is similarly prohibited.
- Z was always thought to be a superfluous, unnecessary letter.
Synonyms surplus, redundant, unneeded, not required, excess, extra, spare, to spare, remaining, unused, left over; useless, unproductive, undue, in excess, surplus to requirements; expendable, disposable, dispensable, unwanted, waste unnecessary, needless, unneeded, inessential, pointless, redundant, uncalled for, unwarranted, unjustified, gratuitous Derivatives superfluously /suːˈpəːflʊəsli / adverb ...- She scrupulously avoids over-enthusiasm, or superfluously imaginative ‘reconstructions’, and in sticking firmly and respectfully to what is known, leaves scrutiny of Johnson's character to the reader's discretion.
- Then, superfluously, he adds: ‘But I never go to parties.’
- ‘I've always been rather dramatic,’ she says, a touch superfluously.
superfluousness /suːˈpəːflʊəsnəs/ noun ...- This was not an ordinary injustice. It was an extraordinary injustice. The premise of terrorism is the sheer superfluousness of human life. This premise is inconsistent with civilized living anywhere.
- Speaking of which, it also contains moments of brilliant superfluousness: ‘It was very dark inside the fish,’ the second paragraph enigmatically begins.
- In England, alongside the ethos of the middle class, an aristocratic attitude was very much alive, disdaining usefulness and regarding superfluousness as the mark of the lady and gentleman.
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin superfluus, from super- 'over' + fluere 'to flow'. affluent from Late Middle English: From Latin affluere ‘flow towards’, affluent was originally used to describe water either flowing towards a place or flowing freely without any restriction. It later came to mean ‘abundant’ and then ‘wealthy’, a meaning which dates from the mid 18th century. Related words, all based on Latin fluere ‘to flow’ are fluent (late 16th century) and fluid (Late Middle English); flume (Middle English) originally a stream; flux (Late Middle English) a state of flowing; effluent (Late Middle English) something that flows out; and superfluous (Late Middle English) ‘overflowing’.
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