supernumerary

adj : 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},

{superfluous}, {surplus}]

n : a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: {spear carrier}, {extra}]