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superfluous [suːˈpɜːrflʊəs, Brit -ˈpɜːf-] ADJ

superfluous

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His powerfully visionary poetry frees itself from every casual or superfluous element to give emphasis to the primary conditions of existence. en.wikipedia.org

His stenographic method consisted in cutting out the superfluous consonants as well as the vowels in polysyllabic words. en.wikipedia.org

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

He told his publisher that there is not one superfluous note. en.wikipedia.org

Necessary, useful, pleasant and superfluous, all of this is, for us, more or less useful. 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

The name was therefore superfluous, and hence illegitimate. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

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

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