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• s  serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
• s  more than is needed, desired, or required
  delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words

• What is a necessity today may well become superfluous tomorrow but what is superfluous today will rarely become a necessity tomorrow.
• We need to act now or our actions will become superfluous tomorrow.
• The country was desperately in need of soldiers and the country's media was sure that six divisions could be whipped together from the ranks of superfluous clerks, bookkeepers and secretaries.

• otiose
• pointless
• purposeless
• senseless
• wasted
• excess
• extra
• redundant
• spare
• supererogatory
• supernumerary
• surplus

News & Articles

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• Ozomatli, Left Hand team up for Intercambio fundraiser in Longmont
  It's not like Los Angeles-based band Ozomatli formed 18 years ago because they wanted to make some superfluous statement about the importance of diversity or cross-cultural ties. . It's not like they wanted to point out that borders are, believe it or not, simply solid lines drawn onto a map. Ozomatli just reflects those truths, that's all.
  June 21, 2013 - Denver Post