Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

ADJECTIVE 2

1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

   • “otiose lines in a play”
   • “advice is wasted words”
   • “a pointless remark”
   • “a life essentially purposeless”
   • “senseless violence”
   Synonymsotiosepointlesspurposelesssenselesswasted

2. 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”
   Synonymsexcessextraredundantsparesupererogatorysupernumerarysurplus