superfluous

Example Sentences

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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

“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

This provoked yelps from technocrats who said it was impractical and superfluous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Maybe a few of the how-to asides are superfluous; I really didn’t need a lesson on how to gift wrap books.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2025

Most of my words to her were superfluous, for she knew that Pauling was wrong the moment I mentioned a helix.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson