supernumerary
/หsuหpษหnjuหm(ษ)ษน(ษ)ษนi/IPA: /S UW0 P ER0 N UW1 M ER0 EH0 R IY0/
noun
- 1
A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).
โThe judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work.โ
- 2
- 3
Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
- 4
An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
- 5
A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
adjective
- 1
Greater in number than.
- 2
Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.
syn:epactal - 3
Beyond what is necessary; redundant.
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