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116 examples of Superfluous in a sentence

Hence the paradox that earlier waves of reforms from the left – Keynesianism, social democracy, the welfare state – both saved capitalism from itself and effectively rendered themselves superfluous.
It also closed half of its excessive number of hospitals and sacked superfluous teachers, of which there was one for every six children before the crisis.
It argued that in politics, there is no place for a realm as superfluous as theatre.
All politicians, including those who sneer at theatre as superfluous, something that has no place in politics, unwittingly become actors, dramatists, directors, or entertainers.
Companies reduce their superfluous employees’ annual bonuses, but do not get rid of them.
But this impulse is superfluous as friendly relations with China are a must for Russia, both strategically and economically, irrespective of relations with the West.
But Yeltsin’s bold decree was, in some ways, superfluous: the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), once a fearsome organizational weapon, had already been decimated by its own incompetence and brutality, to the point that the public was simply indifferent to it.
It was inevitable that the parliamentary majority would become leftist, it was equally inevitable that its intense opposition would lead to superfluous redivisions of power and changes in the discredited fundamentals of the state system.
In my opinion, it is superfluous to ask the Palestinians to recognize the nationhood of a people with thousands of years of history and a state that maintains diplomatic relations with 150 countries around the world.
Its argued that in politics there is no place for a realm as superfluous as theatre.
Some jobs – think of those uniformed middle-aged men who smile and bow at customers entering a bank – appear to be entirely superfluous.
But on what possible basis can it be argued that the addition of a superfluous vowel made all the difference?
Such decisions rest on the premise that culture is nothing but superfluous entertainment.
Dozens of superfluous inspection agencies have been abolished, significantly reducing the regulatory burden.
The pursuit of market confidence would be superfluous.
Developments in artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms that make better decisions than humans, and genetic engineering all imply that most human beings will be superfluous in the not-too-distant future.
Instead, the poor have become superfluous.
While most foreign-policy professionals dismiss this suggestion as superfluous, or even frivolous, including women is a matter not only of principle, but also of effectiveness.
While these arguments for Libra are not false, they are superfluous.
He merely left off painting Anna, deciding that it would be superfluous now.
Many of his former thoughts now appeared superfluous and extreme, but many omissions became clear to him when he went over the matter afresh.
'He will support you and help you!'Though it was evident that she was touched by her own lofty sentiments, and though her words proceeded from that new, ecstatic, mystic influence which had lately spread through Petersburg and which Karenin had considered superfluous, it was pleasant to him to hear them now.
Karenin listened to her now, and those very expressions, which formerly had seemed to him if not disagreeable at least superfluous, now seemed natural and comforting.
He was rather vexed that the old Prince, whom he liked more and more the better he knew him, had not come, and vexed because this Vasenka Veslovsky, a quite superfluous stranger, had come.
Veslovsky seemed to him still more alien and superfluous when they arrived at the porch – at which the whole animated group of grown-ups and children had gathered – and he saw Vasenka Veslovsky kissing Kitty's hand with a particularly tender and gallant air.
'I feel it hard sometimes that I am as it were superfluous here,' said Anna on leaving the nursery, lifting her train to avoid the toys that lay beside the door.
Once Dolly was stung to the quick; and so aroused that she even flushed up, and afterwards wondered whether she had said anything superfluous and disagreeable.
I don't think I spend on anything superfluous, and yet the money simply flies away!
He wanted to interrupt Metrov and to state his own idea, which he considered would render a further statement of Metrov's view superfluous.
It seemed something superfluous, something overflowing, and for a long time he was unable to get used to it.
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