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overbodig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dispensable adj Able to be done without; easily replaced.
  • obviate verb To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
  • otiose adj Having no effect.
  • 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

  1. adj Able to be done without; easily replaced.
  2. adj Capable of being dispensed.
  3. adj Subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul.
  4. adj Not essential to be taken in as part of an organism's diet, as it can be synthesized de novo.

obviate — full definition

  1. verb To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
  2. verb To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).

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