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Being more than enough or than is required

Redundant in terms of requirements or necessity

Having been discarded due to excess

Unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude

Of, or relating to pleonasm

Able to be escaped or run from

Existing in large amounts or numbers

Unwarranted or inappropriate due to being excessive or disproportionate

Without a specific purpose, meaning or goal

Having or showing laziness, disregard or negligence

Ancillary to that already existing, used, or possessed

Remaining, or in addition

An unnecessarily or excessively large amount or number of something

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Adjective

Being more than enough or than is required

surplus to requirements

beside the point

inconsequential

off the subject

still available

nothing to do with it

neither here nor there

not to the point

wide of the mark

not to the purpose

beside the question

wide of the point

of no consequence

not significant

more than enough

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“Multivitamin capsules sold over-the-counter that such persons would be likely to obtain on their own provide superfluous amounts of some nutrients and insufficient amounts of others.”

Adjective

Redundant in terms of requirements or necessity

surplus to requirements

beside the point

disproportionate

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“Avoid using superfluous words and phrases that add nothing to the sense already expressed.”

Adjective

Having been discarded due to excess

“We wondered what to do with all the superfluous in the factory yard.”

Adjective

Unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude

overextravagant

disproportionate

out of all proportion

recrementitious

hyperventilated

excessively high

over one's head

beyond the pale

out of proportion

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Adjective

Of, or relating to pleonasm

circumlocutionary

full of verbiage

circumlocutional

circumlocuitous

circumlocutious

with the gift of the gab

having kissed the Blarney stone

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Adjective

Able to be escaped or run from

Adjective

Existing in large amounts or numbers

thick on the ground

no end in sight

not to be sneezed at

coming out of ears

willingly given

full to bursting

enough and to spare

worth taking into account

flowing with milk and honey

overflowing with

overloaded with

jam-packed with

particularized^US

chock-a-block with

well supplied with

well stocked with

well provided with

infinite numbers of

a great deal of

an abundance of

a multiplicity of

a great number of

particularised^UK

encyclopedic^US

encyclopaedic^UK

all-encompassing

unobjectionable

bursting at the seams

packed like sardines

as much as you need

as much as is necessary

bulging at the seams

full to overflowing

like Piccadilly Circus

full to the gunwales

like the Black Hole of Calcutta

more than enough

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Adjective

Unwarranted or inappropriate due to being excessive or disproportionate

disproportionate

unfavourable^UK

lacking in propriety

against the rules

beyond the pale

contrary to the rules

disadvantageous

uncomplimentary

not good enough

out of character

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beneath one's dignity

near the knuckle

inappropriate to

unworthy of one

infra indignitatem

out of its element

not designed for

not up to scratch

not good enough for

out of place with

out of character with

sticking out a mile

standing out a mile

like a fish out of water

low-down and dirty

lacking dignity

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Adjective

Without a specific purpose, meaning or goal

inconsequential

without rhyme or reason

good-for-nothing

lacking foundation

without grounds

without foundation

without purpose

without direction

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Adjective

Having or showing laziness, disregard or negligence

Adjective

Ancillary to that already existing, used, or possessed

Adverb

Remaining, or in addition

Noun

An unnecessarily or excessively large amount or number of something

surplusage. superabundance

more than enough

something extra

oversufficiency

superfluousness

extravagantness

too much of a good thing

enough and to spare

ton^US

embarrassment of riches

overconsumption

intemperateness

additional things

additional people

more … than one can shake a stick at

a considerable number

a great quantity

considerable amounts

infinite number

unlimited number

very great number

enormous amount

comprehensiveness

inexhaustibility

appreciable amount

generous amount

substantial amount

sizeable amount

overwhelming number

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