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SUPERFLUOUS

Definition:

[adjective] serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"
Synonyms: otiose, pointless, wasted
[adjective] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus