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say it: SOO-purfl-wuhs
superfluous is an adjective meaning "serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being". It is pronounced /ˈsupɚflˌwʌs/ — SOO-purfl-wuhs. It carries 2 recorded senses.
more than is needed, desired, or required
“trying to lose excess weight”
“found some extra change lying on the dresser”
“yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant”
“skills made redundant by technological advance”
“sleeping in the spare room”
“supernumerary ornamentation”
“it was supererogatory of her to gloat”
“delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words”
“extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts”
“surplus cheese distributed to the needy”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for superfluous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.