Superfluous
/suːˈpɜːflu.əs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 In excess of what is required or sufficient.
"With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous."
Adjective
- 1 more than is needed, desired, or required wordnet
- 2 serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being wordnet
Example
More examples"There was always too much superfluous writing in his essays."
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.