consider sth superfluous
Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words
To believe or think of something as being unnecessary.
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Examples (10)
- The committee decided to consider the extra funding request superfluous.
- He considered all the additional details superfluous to the main argument.
- Many readers considered the lengthy introduction superfluous.
- The editor considered the lengthy explanations superfluous and removed them.
- I consider any further discussion on this matter to be superfluous.
- She considered his apologies superfluous given the circumstances.
- Do you consider these modifications superfluous or essential?
- The board considered the proposed changes superfluous and voted against them.
- He considered the additional warnings superfluous because the risks were obvious.
- We consider this step in the process superfluous and will omit it.