Word of the Day: Superfluous

[Ruthanne]

adjective

1. unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.
   "the purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information"

 

[RnR]

After buying stuff for the last seventy plus years, any further purchases apart from necessities seems superfluous.

 

[Aunt Marg]

The patient claimed he liked to super-floss, however, the dentist informed him that his flossing method was superfluous.

 

[Ruthanne]

The patient claimed he liked to super-floss, however, the dentist informed him that his flossing method was superfluous.

Now AM you well know that's not the proper definitionhowever it is funny as heck

 

[fmdog44]

What is the difference between superfluous and fluous?

 

[Aunt Marg]

Now AM you well know that's not the proper definitionhowever it is funny as heck

Are you sure?

Superfluous: Redundant, unneeded, extra, excess, useless, unproductive, unnecessary, pointless, unwarranted, waste.

If a purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information, information that's unneeded, extra, excess, useless, unproductive, unnecessary, pointless, unwarranted, why then would superfluous not apply to a patient who practices a method of flossing that his or her dentist deems as being unneeded, extra, excess, useless, unproductive, unnecessary, pointless, unwarranted?

 

[Ruthanne]

Are you sure?

Superfluous: Redundant, unneeded, extra, excess, useless, unproductive, unnecessary, pointless, unwarranted, waste.

If a purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information, information that's unneeded, extra, excess, useless, unproductive, unnecessary, pointless, unwarranted, why then would superfluous not apply to a patient who practices a method of flossing that his or her dentist deems as being unneeded, extra, excess, useless, unproductive, unnecessary, pointless, unwarranted?

Now you got me confused

 

[cdestroyer]

I thought superfluous was the stuff they put in the water to harden your teeth