Explore Superfluous through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like otiose or unnecessary. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Superfluous in a sentence
Superfluous meaning
In excess of what is required or sufficient.
Synonyms of Superfluous
Using Superfluous
- The main meaning on this page is: In excess of what is required or sufficient.
- Useful related words include: otiose, unnecessary, surplus, supernumerary.
- In the example corpus, superfluous often appears in combinations such as: of superfluous, was superfluous, as superfluous.
Context around Superfluous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 3 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Superfluous
- In this selection, "superfluous" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, feel, cards, fact, think, seems and features stand out and add context to how "superfluous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a duplicative superfluous hate crime and as a superfluous obstacle for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "superfluous" sits close to words such as abang, abetting and accented, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with superfluous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And how many roles are superfluous? (6 words)
But the debate that has taken place is superfluous. (9 words)
Not an ounce of superfluous flesh quivered along its thighs or flanks. (12 words)
When reading the short story before pressing play, I also found myself rushing through it with a similar staccato beat, each line brief and to the point to tell us everything we need to know without wasting time with superfluous detail. (41 words)
He said the people of the state are impressed by the efforts of the agency thus far and welcome the decluttering of streets of superfluous Signage and billboards, many of which are also constituting safety hazards to road users. (39 words)
Irrespective of your views on hate crime legislation, though … are we seriously supposed to believe the passage of a duplicative, superfluous “hate crime” bill at the state level is really the top priority of Palmetto State businesses? (37 words)
And how many roles are superfluous? (6 words)
Who can tell, then, that an ardent love letter from an “admirer”, containing such Romeo-type encomiums as “superfluous beauty” has not been cribbed from Mr W. Shakespeare’s work, by AI? (32 words)
Irrespective of your views on hate crime legislation, though … are we seriously supposed to believe the passage of a duplicative, superfluous “hate crime” bill at the state level is really the top priority of Palmetto State businesses? (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
And how many roles are superfluous?
Congressman Warren Davidson has proposed cutting a program helping people with HIV find housing, arguing the program is superfluous.
However, these plots can also make the main cast members of (particularly the younger generation of stars) feel superfluous.
It forces you to pare your life back to the essentials, to strip the superfluous.
I understand that some of the reasons are superfluous, but it’s something this committee has really got to look at over the next three years to see if we’ve got an improvement.
My 60th birthday in August – cards superfluous (think of the planet); LinkedIn messages acceptable; Valpolicella and experience day vouchers gladly accepted.
The question of whose prediction turned out to be the most accurate is, in fact, superfluous.
There was barbecue sauce on the side, but that was superfluous in all ways.
And yet the work, if not superfluous, seems secondary right now to the quest for meaning.
But the debate that has taken place is superfluous.
Ordinary Californians reject the premise that all state spending is “essential” and, in fact, think much of it is superfluous and wasteful.
Simplicity is a key part of Keep's appeal — because the reality is that most folks don't need a complex, multilayered note-taking tool with oodles of superfluous features.
When reading the short story before pressing play, I also found myself rushing through it with a similar staccato beat, each line brief and to the point to tell us everything we need to know without wasting time with superfluous detail.
Who can tell, then, that an ardent love letter from an “admirer”, containing such Romeo-type encomiums as “superfluous beauty” has not been cribbed from Mr W. Shakespeare’s work, by AI?
He said the people of the state are impressed by the efforts of the agency thus far and welcome the decluttering of streets of superfluous Signage and billboards, many of which are also constituting safety hazards to road users.
I felt this was superfluous, since the oath of allegiance surely implies all of the above, but it was inoffensive.
Indeed, there is good reason to believe that if we didn’t forget we would live in a perpetual state of confusion, our brains awash with confusing superfluous information.
Initially, Bernard comes across as a superfluous obstacle for Dolores, until a development with his identity teases an internal Jekyll and Hyde tug-of-war.
Irrespective of your views on hate crime legislation, though … are we seriously supposed to believe the passage of a duplicative, superfluous “hate crime” bill at the state level is really the top priority of Palmetto State businesses?
Not an ounce of superfluous flesh quivered along its thighs or flanks.
Common combinations with superfluous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of superfluous 7×
- was superfluous 6×
- as superfluous 6×
- the superfluous 5×
- and superfluous 5×
- are superfluous 4×
- is superfluous 4×
- with superfluous 4×
- be superfluous 3×
- considered superfluous 3×