Friday, February 15, 2008

Word of the Day

Superfluous

superfluous \soo-PER-floo-us\, adjective:
More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive.

For Example:

There seems to be a inordinate (another favorite word) number of superfluous politicians in the United States.

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xoabb

2 comments:

  1. Oh, I love that word! And it just SOUNDS like what it means, doesn't it?? I have a love affair with words anyway.

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  2. There seems to be superfluous sweat in mai shirt.

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