Superfluous

adjective/suˈpɝflu.əs/general

Definition

Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

Etymology

From Middle English superfluous, from Latin superfluus (“superfluous”) + -ous, from superfluō (“overflow”), from super (“above, more than, over”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare mellifluous and fluid, also from Latin. Literally corresponds to overflow, which is from Germanic, rather than Latin.

Synonyms

de trop, dispensible, excessive, excrescent, extra

In a sentence

Cut the superfluous adjectives and the paragraph reads twice as fast.