There was always too much superfluous writing in his essays.
Source: tatoeba (1951)
Superfluous
//suːˈpɜːflu.əs//
Synonyms for "superfluous" (107 found)
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Strong matches (32)
Related words (53)
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7 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- περισσός adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Armenian
1 entries- ավելորդ adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Asturian
1 entries- superfluu adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Bulgarian
2 entries- излишен adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- ненужен adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Catalan
1 entries- superflu adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 多餘 /多余 adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Czech
2 entries- nadbytečný adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- zbytečný adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Danish
1 entries- overflødig adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Dutch
3 entries- overdadig adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- overtollig adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- overvloedig adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Esperanto
1 entries- superflua adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Finnish
4 entries- liiallinen adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- tarpeeton adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- ylenpalttinen adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- ylitsevuotavainen adj (excess of what is sufficient)
French
1 entries- superflu adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Galician
1 entries- superfluo adj (excess of what is sufficient)
German
1 entries- überflüssig adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Greek
1 entries- περιττός adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Hungarian
3 entries- felesleges adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- fölösleges adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- túlzott adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Icelandic
2 entries- ofaukinn adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- ónauðsynlegur adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Ido
1 entries- superflua adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Irish
1 entries- iomarcach adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Italian
1 entries- superfluo adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Japanese
1 entries- 冗長な adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Latin
4 entries- superfluus adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- superforāneus adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- supervacuus adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- supervacāneus adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Latvian
1 entries- lieks adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- overflødig adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overflødig adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آرتق adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Persian
1 entries- زیادی adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Polish
3 entries- nadmierny adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- niepotrzebny adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- zbyteczny adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Portuguese
1 entries- supérfluo adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Romanian
2 entries- de prisos adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- superfluu adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Russian
2 entries- изли́шний adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- ли́шний adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sȕvīšan adj (excess of what is sufficient)
- су̏вӣшан adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Spanish
1 entries- superfluo adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Swedish
1 entries- överflödig adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Thai
1 entries- เกินความจำเป็น adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Ukrainian
1 entries- за́йвий adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dư thừa adj (excess of what is sufficient)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Jim made a superfluous remark.
Source: tatoeba (53298)
The real, biological nervous system is highly complex and includes some features that may seem superfluous based on an understanding of artificial networks.
Source: tatoeba (642332)
Just as the female ant after coition loses her wings, which then become superfluous, nay, dangerous for breeding purposes, so for the most part does a woman lose her beauty after giving birth to one or two children; and probably for the same reasons.
Source: tatoeba (678607)
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