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Superfluous

//suːˈpɜːflu.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    In excess of what is required or sufficient.

    "With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous."

Adjective
  1. 1
    more than is needed, desired, or required wordnet
  2. 2
    serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English superfluous, from Latin superfluus (“superfluous”), from superfluō (“overflow”), from super (“above, more than, over”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare mellifluous and fluid, also from Latin. Literally corresponds to overflow, which is from Germanic, rather than Latin.

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