superfluous
adjective
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
otiose lines in a play
Related & opposite
- mindlessness derivation
- purposelessness derivation
- worthless similar to
Sense 2 adjective
more than is needed, desired, or required
trying to lose excess weight
Related & opposite
- redundancy derivation
- overplus derivation
- redundance derivation
- redundancy derivation
- redundancy derivation
- supernumerary derivation
- unnecessary similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mindlessness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purposelessness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | worthless |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | redundancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overplus |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | redundance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | redundancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | redundancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supernumerary |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unnecessary |