superfluous
Example Sentences
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That will steer you away from funds with fat payouts but superfluous tax bills.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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
Italians mastered how to create a food culture built around comfort and family without being superfluous.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
“Everything in the cabin, whether or not it made it into the final movie, was used and touched. There was nothing superfluous, really.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
She discovered she had an excellent memory for important information and a knack for separating the essential from the superfluous.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing superfluous
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Grade 11, List 1
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