supererogation
Example Sentences
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For any organization to have notified him of his nomination would have been supererogation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Peeping cautiously through the doorway he saw Miss Mercy alone in the bar, perfunctorily at work upon a task of supererogation which the paternal wisdom had set her.
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
To these controversies belong his Pierces supererogation, Lond.
From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Warton, Thomas
The honest impressions of each man substantiate these assertions so clearly that all argument on the subject would be as great a work of supererogation as that of carrying shade to a forest.
From Papers from Overlook-House by Almore, Casper
The subsequent adventures of Palmerin bear such a strong likeness to those already related of him as to render their recital a work of supererogation.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis