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superfluous [sʲuːˈpɜːflʊəs] ADJ

superfluous

多余的 duōyúde

▶ superfluously ADV

▶ superfluousness N

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English

He liked bare brick surfaces and considered plastering and other embellishments as superfluous. en.wikipedia.org

However, it still embodies the definition of the modern architecture by the immense amount of repetition and the avoidance of superfluous decoration. en.wikipedia.org

Such communications could be sent on a round-the-clock basis, and were characterized as being short, concise and lacking any superfluous terms. en.wikipedia.org

Not until 1650 was it accidentally discovered that double-lighting was a superfluous process: the heat of firing was enough to light the fuse. en.wikipedia.org

The now superfluous walls were dismantled between the 16th to 18th centuries. en.wikipedia.org

To transmit sources with less than 20 bits of sample accuracy, the superfluous bits will be set to zero. en.wikipedia.org

Journalistic writing, particularly for newspapers, focuses only on events being reported, omitting superfluous and extraneous matter. en.wikipedia.org

The objects themselves, in their brute existence, have only participation in a meaningless flow of events: they are superfluous. en.wikipedia.org

The coup that was to follow was therefore in reality superfluous. en.wikipedia.org

Not until 1650 was it accidentally discovered that double-lighting was superfluous as the heat of firing would light the fuse. en.wikipedia.org

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