redundance
111redundancy — [ri dun′dən sē] n. pl. redundancies [L redundantia] 1. the state or quality of being redundant; superfluity 2. a redundant quantity; overabundance 3. the use of redundant words 4. the part of a redundant statement that is superfluous 5. Brit.… …
112deadwood — noun 1. a branch or a part of a tree that is dead • Hypernyms: ↑branch 2. someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded • Syn: ↑fifth wheel • Hypernyms: ↑redundancy, ↑redundance …
113embarrassment — noun 1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑shame • Hyponyms: ↑self consciousness, ↑uneasiness, ↑uncomfortableness, ↑shamefacedness, ↑ …
114fifth wheel — noun 1. someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded • Syn: ↑deadwood • Hypernyms: ↑redundancy, ↑redundance 2. an extra car wheel and tire for a four wheel vehicle • Syn: ↑spare …
115supererogatory — adjective more than is needed, desired, or required 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… …
116MACCABEES, FOURTH BOOK OF — (IV Maccabees), apocryphal book, included in the Septuagint. It presumably dates from the first century C.E., and is erroneously ascribed by Christian tradition to josephus . It does not deal with the warriors of the Maccabean revolt, but with… …
