superfluous 音标拼音: [s'upɚflw
, ʌs]
a . 多余的,过剩的
多余的,过剩的
superfluous adj 1 :
serving no useful purpose ;
having no excuse for being ;
"
otiose lines in a play "; "
advice is wasted words "; "
a pointless remark "; "
a life essentially purposeless ";
"
senseless violence " [
synonym : {
otiose }, {
pointless },
{
purposeless }, {
senseless }, {
superfluous }, {
wasted }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
excess }, {
extra }, {
redundant }, {
spare },
{
supererogatory }, {
superfluous }, {
supernumerary }, {
surplus }]
Superfluous \
Su *
per "
flu *
ous \,
a . [
L .
superfluus overflowing ;
super over ,
above fluere to flow .
See {
Super -},
and {
Fluent }.]
More than is wanted or is sufficient ;
rendered unnecessary by superabundance ;
unnecessary ;
useless ;
excessive ;
as ,
a superfluous price . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous . --
E .
Everett .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Superfluous interval } (
Mus .),
an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Unnecessary ;
useless ;
exuberant ;
excessive ;
redundant ;
needless .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Su *
per "
flu *
ous *
ly },
adv . --
{
Su *
per "
flu *
ous *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "
superfluous ":
accessory ,
accidental ,
additional ,
adscititious ,
adventitious ,
aimless ,
appurtenant ,
ascititious ,
auxiliary ,
casual ,
circumstantial ,
collateral ,
contingent ,
de trop ,
dispensable ,
excess ,
excessive ,
expendable ,
expletive ,
extra ,
feckless ,
fortuitous ,
gratuitous ,
impotent ,
in excess ,
incidental ,
ineffective ,
ineffectual ,
inessential ,
left ,
leftover ,
meaningless ,
needless ,
net ,
no go ,
nonessential ,
odd ,
of no use ,
outstanding ,
over ,
pleonastic ,
pointless ,
prolix ,
purposeless ,
redundant ,
remaining ,
remanent ,
secondary ,
spare ,
subsidiary ,
superabundant ,
superadded ,
supererogatory ,
supernumerary ,
supervenient ,
supplemental ,
supplementary ,
surplus ,
surviving ,
tautologic ,
tautologous ,
to spare ,
unasked ,
unavailing ,
uncalled -
for ,
unconsumed ,
unessential ,
unnecessary ,
unneeded ,
unused ,
unwanted ,
useless ,
verbose
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