seem superfluous
Frequency: 7.09.5 per million words
Used to suggest that something appears to be unnecessary.
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Examples (10)
- His detailed explanation made further questions seem superfluous.
- At first, the extra features might seem superfluous, but they proved useful.
- The redundant information in the report seemed superfluous to the main argument.
- To the experienced team, the basic instructions seemed superfluous.
- The elaborate decorations seemed superfluous given the modest budget.
- Many of the early drafts seemed superfluous once the core idea was refined.
- He worried his contribution would seem superfluous to the project's success.
- The lengthy preamble seemed superfluous and could have been omitted.
- Does this additional step seem superfluous to you?
- The artist felt that adding more paint would only make the strokes seem superfluous.