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for supererogatory
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Supererogatory \Su`per*e*rog"a*to*ry\, a.
Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty
or necessity; as, supererogatory services. --Howell.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
supererogatory
adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to
lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on
the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be
thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by
technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room";
"supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of
her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary)
words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary
internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the
needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare,
supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary,
surplus]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "supererogatory":
de trop, dispensable, excess, expendable, expletive, gratuitous,
in excess, needless, nonessential, pleonastic, prolix, redundant,
spare, superfluous, supernumerary, tautologic, tautologous,
to spare, unasked, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary,
unneeded, verbose, wanton
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