superfluous

adj 1: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;

"otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"

[syn: {otiose}, {pointless}, {wasted}]

2: 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" [syn: {excess}, {extra},

{redundant}, {spare}, {supererogatory}, {supernumerary}, {surplus}]