superfluous
adjective/suːˈpɜːfluəs/
/suːˈpɜːrfluəs/
(formal)- unnecessary or more than you need or want
- She gave him a look that made words superfluous.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
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- completely
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin superfluus, from super- ‘over’ + fluere ‘to flow’.Definitions on the go
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