How to Use superfluous in a Sentence

superfluous

adjective

• Maybe the horse is simply the horse, the prop, the superfluous detail used to make the point.
  — T Kira Madden, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• Getting rid of the superfluous is a good place to start.
  — Yec, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• As there are many things to take care of we end up leaving the superfluous aside.
  — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2020
• One way of telling that many licences are superfluous is the sheer variance in the law across states.
  — The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
• Its business class is so good that the top tier is superfluous.
  — Adam Majendie, Bloomberg.com, 4 June 2023
• The wedge of lemon along the side was completely superfluous.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2019
• Pillows are superfluous in space and their blanket will be a sleeping bag strapped to the wall.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 11 June 2019
• Although the bag seems superfluous, a lot of people bought it.
  — Zoe Weiner, Teen Vogue, 21 June 2017
• The concept of a summer scarf–even one this light–is superfluous yet chic.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 13 July 2022
• My job was to capture their genius and not take shots that were superfluous.
  — New York Times, 18 May 2022
• But the real star of the show was her vocals, daring and wild in a way that made all the rest of the spectacle seem superfluous.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2023
• One motivation was to get out ahead of the unions and treat workers in a way that would make unions superfluous.
  — Thomas S. Hibbs, National Review, 31 Aug. 2017
• The goal of the booster has already been accomplished, so a shot would be superfluous.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
• There is an urge to acquire new belongings and to discard those that are superfluous.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2020
• All the safety precautions settled on months ago proved to be superfluous at these first dates.
  — Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
• The lead peaked at 31 but at a certain point, the score felt superfluous.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 7 Dec. 2019
• After an exchange like that, codes and rules might seem superfluous.
  — Charles Rappleye, Smithsonian, 13 Feb. 2017
• The superfluous swag had Oral-B’s logo silkscreened on it.
  — Lauren Goode, Wired, 24 Jan. 2020
• The batter was so crunchy, so pronounced, that bread is almost superfluous.
  — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• To be fair, that would be completely superfluous in these scenes anyway.
  — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2020
• It’s the most logical time to cull all the superfluous stuff that has accumulated over time.
  — Vaidya Aiyer, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• There are no superfluous ingredients, fillers, or fluff in any of them.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
• There may be an urge to acquire new belongings and to discard those that are outdated and superfluous.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2020
• One of its massive timepieces, greened with age, looms so large in the windows of the master suite that a bedside alarm feels almost superfluous.
  — New York Times, 19 July 2019
• Critics say the ballot is superfluous and that parliament should simply vote on the matter.
  — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
• Your drip system might be superfluous for many species, so why plant plants near it for no necessity?
  — oregonlive, 19 June 2021
• Next come shiitake mushrooms, which may at first seem superfluous but in fact help double down on the meatiness of the dish without adding extra fat.
  — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appétit, 16 Nov. 2019
• Such movement may be more than superfluous hand flapping.
  — Matthew Hutson, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2021
• Rachel’s phone thaws, which reminds us how superfluous and random that story line was.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2021
• And a sense of exaltation that made any encore superfluous.
  — Marcus Overton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 29 Apr 2024