overbodig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dispensable adj Not essential, so it can be done without or swapped for something else.
- obviate verb To deal with something early on so that it never becomes a problem at all.
- otiose adj Achieving nothing; useless.
- redundant adjective No longer needed; superfluous.
- unnecessarily adverb In a way that is not needed.
Senses
overbodig is used for these senses in English:
- obviate (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
- otiose Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
- redundant Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
- unneeded Not needed.
dispensable — full definition
- adj Not essential, so it can be done without or swapped for something else.
- adj Able to be given out or supplied.
- adj (law) Able to be relaxed, waived, or canceled by official permission.
- adj Describes a nutrient the body can make itself, so it does not have to come from food.
obviate — full definition
- verb To deal with something early on so that it never becomes a problem at all.
- verb To stop a difficulty from arising later.
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