Poor and Superfluous

Poor

Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.

Superfluous is an antonym for poor.

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Superfluous

Superfluous adjective - Being over what is needed.
Usage example: cleared off all the superfluous stuff on his desk to make room for the new computer

Poor is an antonym for superfluous.

Nearby Words: superfluity, superfluously

Both words in one sentence

  • Wall of Text A similar device is the infamously named buckleybox, a smaller but equally superfluous Wall Of Text used to reiterate something that should already appear in the actual comic visually, but may not due to odd dialogue placement, poor art not conveying it, or the assumption Viewers Are Morons.
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