unsuperfluous

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adjective

Not superfluous.

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Meanings

adjectiveunsuperfluous (comparative more unsuperfluous, superlative most unsuperfluous)

comparative more unsuperfluous · superlative most unsuperfluous

  1. Not superfluous.

    The most that is required is, that the passage of Scripture, selected as the foundation of the sacred oration, should, like the oration itself, be single, full, and unsuperfluous in its character. It should be single, containing only one general theme.

    1867, William Greenough Thayer Shedd, Homiletics, and Pastoral Theology, page 166

Origin

From un- + superfluous.

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APA

unsuperfluous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsuperfluous

MLA

“unsuperfluous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsuperfluous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsuperfluous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsuperfluous.

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