Supervacuous

//supəˈvækjʊəs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    superfluous, more than needed

    "Labor of mind facilitly may be evaded by imitation: for, so, sollicitude of mind conducive to invention becomes supervacuous."

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redundantsuperfluoussuperfluoussupervacaneoussupervacaneous

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"Labor of mind facilitly may be evaded by imitation: for, so, sollicitude of mind conducive to invention becomes supervacuous."

Etymology

From Latin supervacuus (“more than needed”), from super (“above”) + vacuus (“vacant”), equivalent to super- + vacuous.

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