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    superfluous
    su‧per‧flu‧ous /suːˈpɜːfluəs $ -ˈpɜːr-/ adjective formal
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Latin
     Origin: superfluus, from superfluere 'to overflow'
    more than is needed or wanted
       SYN  unnecessary:
        a modern building with no superfluous decoration
    —superfluously adverb