HOW TO PRONOUNCE
superfluous
/suˈpɝflu.əs/
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soo-PUR-floo-us: PUR carries the main stress.
In soo-PUR-floo-us, keep separate vowel beats in “floo-us.” The last part has an l sound after f, with no extra consonant between the vowels.
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“The editor removed a superfluous paragraph.”
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adjective
- In excess of what is required or sufficient.
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IPA pronunciation
/suˈpɝflu.əs/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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In fact, the exhortation seemed rather a superfluous one to a man with a great pair of iron fetters on his feet.
So many works have been written about these countries, that it is almost superfluous to describe either the lazo or the bolas.
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When profits are high, that sober virtue seems to be superfluous, and expensive luxury to suit better the affluence of his situation.
There is no question but that many of these patients are seriously handicapped and others positively killed by unskillful, overzealous, superfluous examinations.
Such a dress, of course, renders an Umbrella superfluous, and it matters little to the wearer how hard the rain may pelt.