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Noun
Definition: a person serving no apparent function; "reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries"
Definition: A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).
Adjective
Definition: 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 spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
Definition: Greater in number than.