superfluous
Example Sentences
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Even copies of years-old news articles are marred with superfluous redactions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Once again, artificial intelligence was at the center of the selloff, amid worries that software would be made superfluous by Anthropic’s Claude applications.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
The company has eliminated unpopular wing sauces, 86’d a superfluous fried-chicken batter, and thinned out the burger menu—all in service of making the kitchen a more simple place to work.
From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025
It’s Lucy’s job to sift through a person’s attributes, both real and imagined, legitimately important and completely superfluous, to determine their compatibility with one of her clients.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025
Thus, many items had become superfluous, and these were not really things one could sell or things people wanted to throw out.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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