Surplus
Surplus adjective - Being over what is needed.
Usage example: surplus stock gets shipped to the warehouse and is eventually sold at auction
Unessential and surplus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unessential" instead an adjective "Surplus".
Nearby Word: surplusage
Unessential
Unessential adjective - Not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end.
Surplus and unessential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Surplus" instead an adjective "Unessential".
Nearby Word: unessentially
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- excess and surplus
- excess and unessential
- spare and surplus
- spare and unessential
- excessive and surplus
- excessive and unessential
- dispensable and surplus
- dispensable and unessential
- expendable and surplus
- expendable and unessential
- unnecessary and surplus
- unnecessary and unessential
- needless and surplus
- needless and unessential
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Unessential and Surplus. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/surplus/unessential
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