superfluous
Example Sentences
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A best picture Oscar for “Sinners” is damned near superfluous.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 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
That final scene seems superfluous, but as for the rest of the movie: Its audacious energy is more apparent than ever.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vocabulary lists containing superfluous
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Grade 11, List 1
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