Superfluous

Adjective

 * 1) in excess of what is required or sufficient
 * With a full rain suit, I think carrying an umbrella is superfluous.

Synonyms

 * excessive, extraneous, extra, pleonastic, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, extravagant

Coordinate terms

 * gratuitous

Related terms

 * mellifluous
 * superfluity

Thesaurus
accessory, accidental, additional, adscititious, adventitious, aimless, appurtenant, ascititious, auxiliary, casual, circumstantial, collateral, contingent, de trop, dispensable, excess, excessive, expendable, expletive, extra, feckless, fortuitous, gratuitous, impotent, in excess, incidental, ineffective, ineffectual, inessential, left, leftover, meaningless, needless, net, no go, nonessential, odd, of no use, outstanding, over, pleonastic, pointless, prolix, purposeless, redundant, remaining, remanent, secondary, spare, subsidiary, superabundant, superadded, supererogatory, supernumerary, supervenient, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, surviving, tautologic, tautologous, to spare, unasked, unavailing, uncalled-for, unconsumed, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unused, unwanted, useless, verbose

Etymology
From superfluus: < superfluo: < super: + fluo:. Compare mellifluous: and fluid:, also from Latin. Literally corresponds to overflow:, which is from Germanic, rather than Latin.

Translations

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 * Japanese: 冗長な (jōchō na)
 * Latin:, ,  supervacaneus,
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