Superfluous

Post date: Mar 24, 2010 5:32:52 PM

su·per·flu·ous (s-pûrfl-s)

adj.

Being beyond what is required or sufficient.

[Middle English, from Old French superflueux, from Latin superfluus, from superfluere, to overflow : super-, super- + fluere, to flow; seebhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

e.g. The wordy professor always gave us too much information to complete the superfluous assignment that didn't need to be done anyway.