supernumerary

supernumerary /,sju:pə'nju:mərəri/
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    • dư thừa
    • danh từ
      • người phụ động
      • kép phụ
      • (nghĩa bóng) người thừa, người không quan trọng
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    supernumerary

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • a person serving no apparent function

      reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries

    • a minor actor in crowd scenes; spear carrier, extra

      adj.

    • more than is needed, desired, or required; excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus

      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