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Adjective: superfluous  sû'purfloous
  1. Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
    - otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, wasted
     
  2. More than is needed, desired, or required
    "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"
    - excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus

See also: superfluity, superfluously, unnecessary, unneeded, worthless

Encyclopedia: Superfluous

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