supervacaneous

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supervacaneous

/ˌsuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs/ UK
/ˌsjuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs/ UK
/ˌsuːpəɹvəˈkeɪnɪəs/ US

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From Latin supervacāneus; compare Italian supervacaneo, Portuguese supervacâneo, Spanish supervacáneo.

adjective

archaic, not comparable Added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant. It is an awful thing to find your efforts supervacaneous when you are so far away from home and friends, sympathy, and help.
Similar: pleonastic, redundant, superfluous, supervacaneal, supervacuous

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adj superfluous, redundant

Русский	изли́шний izlíšnij, избыточный izbytočnyj, нену́жный nenúžnyj

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@misc{supervacaneous_2026,
  title = {supervacaneous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supervacaneous},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}