SUPERFLUOUS in a Sentence
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44 example sentences for SUPERFLUOUS, such as:
1. Repack all the superfluous cups in the box.
2. That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.
3. The report was marred by a mass of superfluous detail.
4. Her husband was simply a superfluous and tiresome person.
5. Mabeuf again, later on, a few words will not be superfluous.
2. That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.
3. The report was marred by a mass of superfluous detail.
4. Her husband was simply a superfluous and tiresome person.
5. Mabeuf again, later on, a few words will not be superfluous.
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Meanings and Examples of SUPERFLUOUS
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superfluous
a. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
a. more than is needed, desired, or required
Classic Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1 Your repentance," I said, "is now superfluous.
2 That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.
3 Except for that small expenditure in the decoration of her infant, Hester bestowed all her superfluous means in charity, on wretches less miserable than herself, and who not unfrequently insulted the hand that fed them.
4 I remember that I thought it, in form, more like a riding-habit with the superfluous skirt cut off, than anything else.
5 Miss Micawber I found made snug for stormy weather, in the same manner; with nothing superfluous about her.
6 "Come now, let us talk of you," she added, tossing her head, as though she would physically shake off something superfluous oppressing her.
7 Her husband was simply a superfluous and tiresome person.
8 She did not say what she had said the evening before to her lover, that he was her husband, and her husband was superfluous; she did not even think that.
9 They assumed an air of fully comprehending the import and force of the situation, of accepting and even approving of it, but of considering it superfluous and uncalled for to put all this into words.
10 Many of his old ideas seemed to him superfluous and extreme, but many blanks became distinct to him when he reviewed the whole thing in his memory.
11 It seemed to him something extraneous, superfluous, to which he could not accustom himself.
12 He recognized that the newspapers published a great deal that was superfluous and exaggerated, with the sole aim of attracting attention and outbidding one another.
13 Considerable sums of money passed through his hands, but nothing could induce him to make any change whatever in his mode of life, or add anything superfluous to his bare necessities.
14 The precaution was nearly superfluous, however; for, as we have already said, it was a very dark December night.
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15 Mabeuf again, later on, a few words will not be superfluous.
Example Sentence:
1 There was no superfluous ornament in the room, not one modern piece of furniture, everything looked at once well worn and well saved.
2 Betsy lacked the heart to tell June that the wedding present she brought was superfluous; she and Bob had already received five toasters.
3 There was no superfluous ornament in the room -- not one modern piece of furniture, save a brace of workboxes and a lady's desk in rosewood, which stood on a side-table: everything -- including the carpet and curtains -- looked at once well worn and well saved.
4 Repack all the superfluous cups in the box.
5 The report was marred by a mass of superfluous detail.
6 The new director has said that there is a superfluity of staff in the organization, and that cuts must be made.