What does supervacuous mean?
Supervacuous means superfluous, more than needed.
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/supəˈvækjʊəs/ · adjective
superfluous, more than needed.
1850, John Evelyn, R. M. Evanson, The History of Religion: A Rational Account of the True Religion, H. Colburn, page 285, Of this treasure, the Pope having the key, he may dispense the supervacuous duties of others (who do more than is required for their salvation) to sinners who have no merit of their own.
Labor of mind facilitly may be evaded by imitation: for, so, sollicitude of mind conducive to invention becomes supervacuous.
Use supervacuous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Supervacuous means superfluous, more than needed.
Common synonyms include superfluous, redundant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1850, John Evelyn, R. M. Evanson, The History of Religion: A Rational Account of the True Religion, H. Colburn, page 285, Of this treasure, the Pope having the key, he may dispense the supervacuous duties of others (who do more than is required for their salvation) to sinners who have no merit of their own.
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