superfluous
Example Sentences
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A best picture Oscar for “Sinners” is damned near superfluous.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Once again, artificial intelligence was at the center of the selloff, amid worries that software would be made superfluous by Anthropic’s Claude applications.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
This provoked yelps from technocrats who said it was impractical and superfluous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
Maybe a few of the how-to asides are superfluous; I really didn’t need a lesson on how to gift wrap books.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2025
My Dictionary says superfluous means exceeding what is sufficient or necessary.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
Vocabulary lists containing superfluous
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Grade 11, List 1
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