supervacuous
adjUK /supəˈvækjʊəs/
Etymology From Latin supervacuus (“more than needed”), from super (“above”) + vacuus (“vacant”), equivalent to super- + vacuous.
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superfluous, more than needed
- Labor of mind facilitly may be evaded by imitation: for, so, sollicitude of mind conducive to invention becomes supervacuous.2004, Frederick William Rolfe, Don Renato: An Ideal Content, Kessinger Publishing, →ISBN, page 22:
- 1850, John Evelyn, R. M. Evanson, The History of Religion: A Rational Account of the True Religion, H. Colburn, page 285, Of this treasure, the Pope having the key, he may dispense the supervacuous duties of others (who do more than is required for their salvation) to sinners who have no merit of their own.
- Synonyms
- superfluous, redundant