superfluous

Adjective
  1. Serving no useful purpose;
    Having no excuse for being (synset 302513350)
    "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
    similar to: worthless - lacking in usefulness or value
    same as: otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, wasted
  2. More than is needed, desired, or required (synset 301585713)
    "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"
    similar to: unnecessary, unneeded - not necessary
    same as: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus

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