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supernumerary


I - noun
1. a person serving no apparent function
- reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries
Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
2. a minor actor in crowd scenes
Syn:
spear carrier, extra
Hypernyms:
actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player

II - adjective
more than is needed, desired, or required
- trying to lose excess weight
- found some extra change lying on the dresser
- yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
- skills made redundant by technological advance
- sleeping in the spare room
- supernumerary ornamentation
- it was supererogatory of her to gloat
- delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
- extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- surplus cheese distributed to the needy
Syn:
excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory,
superfluous, surplus
Similar to:
unnecessary, unneeded
Derivationally related forms:
superfluity (for: superfluous), redundance (for: redundant), redundancy (for: redundant)

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