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/ˌsuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs/ · adjective
(now rare) Added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant..
If I were simply to discuss noses in disregard of their relation to other entities, then I would declare without fear of contradiction that the nose of Mrs. Goldfield is superb, superlative, and, though possibly supervacaneous, one well-placed to win first prize at any exhibition of nasal development which might be organized by the long-nosed goblins on Mount Kurama.
It is an awful thing to find your efforts supervacaneous when you are so far away from home and friends, sympathy, and help.
‘It became all the more important for me to get out because my son Foster, aged now fifteen, is only ten points below genius and this genius would have been unavailing and supervacaneous, in other words wasted, behind the iron curtain.’
Use supervacaneous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Supervacaneous means (now rare) Added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant..
Common synonyms include pleonastic, redundant, superfluous, supervacaneal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If I were simply to discuss noses in disregard of their relation to other entities, then I would declare without fear of contradiction that the nose of Mrs. Goldfield is superb, superlative, and, though possibly supervacaneous, one well-placed to win first prize at any exhibition of nasal development which might be organized by the long-nosed goblins on Mount Kurama.
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