superfluousadjective
uk/suːˈpɜː.flu.əs/us/suːˈpɝː.flu.əs/C2 more than is needed or wanted:
The report was marred by a mass of superfluous detail.
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Too much and unnecessary
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut idiom
- avalanche
- be up to your neck (in sth) idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastle idiom
- hyper
- immoderate
- inessential
- insatiable
- lousy
- play gooseberry idiom
- plenty
- plethora
- proliferate
- redundancy
- sock
- supplementary
- surplus
- weigh
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superfluity
noun [ C ] uk/ˌsuː.pəˈfluː.ə.ti/us/ˌsuː.pɚˈfluː.ə.t̬i/formal
The new director has said that there is a superfluity of staff in the organization, and that cuts must be made.
superfluously
adverb uk/suːˈpɜː.flu.əs.li/us/suːˈpɝː.flu.əs.li/
superfluousness
noun [ U ] uk/suːˈpɜː.flu.əs.nəs/us/suːˈpɝː.flu.əs.nəs/