superfluous

more than needed; unnecessary

Roots

-ous / -ious: full of or marked by a quality
flu / flux: flow
super- / sur-: above, over, or beyond

Other words with the flu / flux root

affluent: wealthy
confluent: flowing together
fluctuate: to rise and fall irregularly
fluent: flowing easily in speech or skill
fluid: able to flow; smooth or changeable
flux: continuous change or flow
influx: a flowing in; arrival of many

Superfluous is overflow: extra beyond what the sentence needs.

The final paragraph was superfluous and pulled attention away from the essay’s real point.

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