Superfluous
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

5 letters

EXTRA
Something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"

SPARE
A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

6 letters

WASTED
(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

OTIOSE
Disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

DETROP

FRILLY
Having decorative ruffles or frills

EXCESS
Excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"

7 letters

SURPLUS
A quantity much larger than is needed

8 letters

UNWANTED
Not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens"

NEEDLESS
Unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

UNNEEDED
Not necessary

9 letters

REDUNDANT
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"

POINTLESS
Not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"

EXCESSIVE
Beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

SENSELESS
(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

11 letters

PURPOSELESS
Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"

12 letters

NONESSENTIAL
Anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"

13 letters

SUPERNUMERARY
A minor actor in crowd scenes

14 letters

SUPEREROGATORY
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"