supernumerary
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Definitions ofsupernumerary
- A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).
Example: "The judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work."
- An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.
- Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
- An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
- A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
- Greater in number than.
- Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.
Synonyms: epactal
- Beyond what is necessary; redundant.
Synonyms: superfluous, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted
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