| ADJECTIVE | all | superfluous, otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, wasted | serving no useful purpose |
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| all | superfluous, excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus | more than is needed, desired, or required |
| Sounds | suw'perflwah.s | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. | |
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| Synonyms | otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, wasted | |
| Broader | worthless | lacking in usefulness or value |
| Spanish | incapaz, ineficaz, inepto, inútil, vano | |
| Catalan | incapaç, ineficaç, inepte, inútil, va | |
| Meaning | More than is needed, desired, or required. | |
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| Example | "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words" | |
| Synonyms | excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus | |
| Broader | unnecessary, unneeded | not necessary |
| Spanish | excedente, excesivo, extra, redundante, sobrante, superfluo | |
| Catalan | excedent, excessiu, extra, redundant, sobrant, sobrer, superflu | |
| Nouns | superfluity | extreme / extreme excess |
| Adverbs | superfluously | in a superfluous manner |
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