Definitions

residuary

[ri-zij-oo-er-ee] / rɪˈzɪdʒ uˌɛr i /

ADJECTIVE

supererogatory

Synonyms

WEAK

abounding de trop dispensable excess excessive exorbitant expendable extra extravagant extreme gratuitous in excess inessential inordinate lavish leftover needless nonessential overflowing overmuch pleonastic profuse redundant remaining spare superabundant superfluent supernumerary surplus unasked uncalled-for unneeded unrequired unwanted useless

ADJECTIVE

superfluous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

excessive expendable gratuitous redundant unneeded useless

WEAK

abounding de trop dispensable excess exorbitant extravagant extreme in excess inessential inordinate lavish leftover needless nonessential overflowing overmuch pleonastic profuse remaining spare superabundant supererogatory superfluent supernumerary surplus unasked uncalled-for unrequired unwanted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

reasonable useful

WEAK

important necessary needed

Example Sentences

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My mother retained the other 50% as part of her residuary trust, which excluded me as a beneficiary.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut announced Wednesday it was named to receive the residuary estate of Peter Grayson Letz, who died last September.

From Washington Times • Jul. 2, 2014

Spluttering, he refused to be "residuary legatee of a dog."

From Time Magazine Archive

Yale got $400,000 of that and an estimated $1,400,000 in his residuary estate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Printed by order of the Trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray.

From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.

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