superfluous

  • 41Superfluously — Superfluous Su*per flu*ous, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See {Super }, and {Fluent}.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42Superfluousness — Superfluous Su*per flu*ous, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See {Super }, and {Fluent}.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 43nomen superfluum — superfluous name, a name incorrectly applied to a taxon. When first applied the taxon included the type of another name which should have been used under the provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Abbreviated as nom.… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 44supernumerary — superfluous or extra. Used in referring to a sneaky or accessory male in reproduction or in reference to extra elements in larvae that are lost in adults, e.g. myctophid larvae have more pectoral fin rays than adults …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 45stuperfluous — Superfluous to the point of causing a mental stupor. He: Did you hear what she just said? Me: No. I can t concentrate when she opens her stuperfluous mouth …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 46stuperfluous — Superfluous to the point of causing a mental stupor. He: Did you hear what she just said? Me: No. I can t concentrate when she opens her stuperfluous mouth …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 47hype —  Superfluous promotion.  ► “If media attention and marketing hype are to be believed, the release will be followed by an avalanche of hardware and software upgrades throughout corporate America.” (Information Week, Aug. 21, 1995, p. 28) …

    American business jargon

  • 48Superflua non nocent — Superfluous things do not harm; superfluity does not prejudice …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 49superfluities — superfluous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unnecessary, especially through being more than enough. DERIVATIVES superfluity noun (pl. superfluities) superfluously adverb. ORIGIN Latin superfluus, from fluere to flow …

    English terms dictionary

  • 50superfluity — superfluous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unnecessary, especially through being more than enough. DERIVATIVES superfluity noun (pl. superfluities) superfluously adverb. ORIGIN Latin superfluus, from fluere to flow …

    English terms dictionary