Excess
Excess adjective - Being over what is needed.
Usage example: any excess food from the party will be donated to a shelter for the homeless
Unessential and excess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unessential" instead an adjective "Excess".
Nearby Words: excessive, excessively
Unessential
Unessential adjective - Not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end.
Excess and unessential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excess" instead an adjective "Unessential".
Nearby Word: unessentially
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- surplus and excess
- surplus and unessential
- spare and excess
- spare and unessential
- excessive and excess
- excessive and unessential
- dispensable and excess
- dispensable and unessential
- unnecessary and excess
- unnecessary and unessential
- needless and excess
- needless and unessential
- superfluous and excess
- superfluous and unessential
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