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Meanings of superfluous in English
More than is needed, desired, or required.
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Examples for "extra"
Examples for "extra"
1
Health services always come under extra strain at this time of year.
2
We think good results always justify an extra 10 minutes of work.
3
Using tunnels to create extra space is far from a new idea.
4
House: An extra 25 per cent off site wide, including sale items.
5
Still, the new findings don't prove athletes' extra exertion caused heart problems.
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A small number are also treated in public hospitals with spare capacity.
2
It appears that this warning was given with just minutes to spare.
3
Make sure to bring spare tires; two is better, three is best.
4
For the vast majority of artists, streaming services essentially generate spare change.
5
I hope you can still spare me a moment of your time.
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Indeed, authorities are using banks' excess capital to help cushion the shock.
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VW said excess diesel emissions impact up to 11 million vehicles worldwide.
3
Remove excess clutter throughout the house, ensuring all shelving areas are clear.
4
Demand is expected to remain strong as excess capital seeks high-quality paper.
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English Premiership strugglers Sunderland announced debts in excess of £25 million today.
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The surplus of supply in Europe forced sellers to fight for buyers.
2
China accounts for 200 million tonnes of the surplus capacity, he said.
3
The surplus is a 36 per cent increase on the previous year.
4
The fact is, however, that we simply have been surplus to requirement.
5
Any surplus from speed awareness courses goes right back into road safety.
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Chrysler said redundant control systems within the Jefferson North plant ensured quality.
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It's also going to be difficult for those currently redundant,' he said.
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SIPTU has called for new legislation to improve compensation for redundant workers.
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According to one source, about 11 staff members are being made redundant.
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But could developments in contactless payment technology risk leaving it looking redundant?
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Participants were purposefully selected by virtue of their experience of supernumerary status.
2
Tooth agenesis and supernumerary teeth were the outcome variables of the study.
3
This disagreeable duty fell to me and my fellow supernumerary Lieutenant Maurin.
4
Spoiling the neatest quarter-deck on the ocean, with a bloody supernumerary cabin!
5
The general ordered a corps of supernumerary officers, under the command of Capt.
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This was supererogatory, for the tracks told their own tale too well.
2
When I saw him last, the process would not have been so supererogatory.
3
With the boys this would have been supererogatory, as they were quite naked.
4
Bloodletting is supererogatory anyway, and serves merely to whet the appetite.
5
Amos Barton's head, after ten years of baldness and supererogatory soap.
Usage of superfluous in English
1
Conclusions: Although highly sensitive, imaging is superfluous if an olive is palpable.
2
And yet the wealth of superfluous loveliness in the world condemns pessimism.
3
Migration of an older sci-fi term for an author's superfluous research material.
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They're superfluous and leave thousands of uselessly downloaded JPGs in their wake.
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Such a reservation in favor of his Majesty seemed a superfluous sarcasm.
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The result is a well-defined selection devoid of padding or superfluous submissions.
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It was pure to austerity; it was stripped of all superfluous ornament.
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Steering response is adjustable -light, normal and heavy -but superfluous.
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The sculptor makes the marble image by chipping away the superfluous marble.
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There is nothing turgid in his dignity, nor superfluous in his copiousness.
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Mr. Van Torp asked the wholly superfluous question in a displeased tone.
12
The necessary was there and there was no lack of the superfluous.
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The thing was done; the priest's words of exhortation were largely superfluous.
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The Girl and the Chaperon.-Youthscorns the chaperon, regarding her as superfluous.
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His Excellency need exercise no prerogative of mercy; his aid is superfluous.
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The young woman saw before her a superfluous witness of the scene.
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
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