4 example sentences using supernumerary.
Supernumerary used in a sentence
Supernumerary in a sentence as a noun
Moles, scars, birthmarks, sores, supernumerary nipples and tattoos could all qualify.
And found my copy, and finally sent off for a paper Principia which by that point was amusing but somewhat supernumerary.
Supernumerary in a sentence as an adjective
In fact, most engineers make less than all those supernumerary non-technical VPs and product managers for nonexistent products that plague VC-funded companies.
>suggest that it may be of value to augment normal five-fingered hands with an artificial supernumerary fingerThat's missing the big picture in my opinion.
Supernumerary definitions
a person serving no apparent function; "reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries"
a minor actor in crowd scenes
See also: extra
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"
See also: excess extra redundant spare supererogatory superfluous surplus