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American Heritage Dictionary:

su·per·flu·ous

(sʊ-pûr'flū-əs) pronunciation
adj.
Being beyond what is required or sufficient.

[Middle English, from Old French superflueux, from Latin superfluus, from superfluere, to overflow : super-, super- + fluere, to flow.]

superfluously su·per'flu·ous·ly adv.
superfluousness su·per'flu·ous·ness n.

SYNONYMS   superfluous, excess, extra, spare, supernumerary, surplus. These adjectives mean being more than is needed, desired, required, or appropriate: delete superfluous words; trying to lose excess weight; found some extra change on the dresser; sleeping in the spare room; supernumerary ornamentation; distributed surplus food to the needy.


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Roget's Thesaurus:

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adjective

    Being more than is needed, desired, or appropriate: de trop, excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

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Definition: extra, unnecessary
Antonyms: essential, important, necessary, needed

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - overflødig

Nederlands (Dutch)
overbodig, overtollig

Français (French)
adj. - superflu

Deutsch (German)
adj. - überflüssig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - περίσσιος, παραπανίσιος, πλατειαστικός

Italiano (Italian)
superfluo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - supérfluo

Русский (Russian)
обильный, более чем достаточный, излишний, чрезмерный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - superfluo, redundante, sobrante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - överflödig, onödig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
多余的, 过量的, 过剩的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多餘的, 過量的, 過剩的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 여분의, 가외의, 불필요한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 必要以上の, 余分な, 不必要な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) زائد , غير ضروري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שופע, עודף, למעלה מהדרוש, מיותר‬


 
 
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