How to Use superfluous in a Sentence

superfluous

adjective
  • Its business class is so good that the top tier is superfluous.
    — Adam Majendie, Bloomberg.com, 4 June 2023
  • Get rid of the superfluous stuff; this is the best phase for tidying up!
    — Danijela Pilic, Glamour, 27 May 2025
  • There are no superfluous things that are done, your money is very well spent.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
  • But the larger bases and new pickoff rules have put a superfluous shine on that bling.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • My job was to capture their genius and not take shots that were superfluous.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2022
  • The concept of a summer scarf–even one this light–is superfluous yet chic.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 13 July 2022
  • One way of telling that many licences are superfluous is the sheer variance in the law across states.
    — The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
  • And yet the work, if not superfluous, seems secondary right now to the quest for meaning.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The lead peaked at 31 but at a certain point, the score felt superfluous.
    — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Although the bag seems superfluous, a lot of people bought it.
    — Zoe Weiner, Teen Vogue, 21 June 2017
  • For these folks, churches are superfluous — at best.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This rejection of the superfluous runs to its very core.
    — Richard Mille Contributor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • 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
  • In the case of flatware, the analogous dish might be ice cream alone, where the fork would be superfluous.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
  • There are no superfluous back flips or one-piece glittery bodysuits or flashy theatrics.
    — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Focus on the essentials, and try to cut down on superfluous items that will only get in the way.
    — Wayne Parker, Parents, 22 July 2024
  • My small room seemed to be visibly clouded by the stink of my body and the stink of my superfluous thinking.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Outside help will not be superfluous.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
  • 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 goal of the booster has already been accomplished, so a shot would be superfluous.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Having people talk as well would be superfluous.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
  • There’s never a dull joke or a line that doesn’t quite work or a piece of information that’s superfluous.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The most superfluous story line in the present comes courtesy of Tai and Van.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
  • There are no tchotchkes, nothing superfluous.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • In the pantheon of also-ran secondary killers, few have felt as superfluous as poor Charlie.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026

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