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    [Adjective]  | "su*per*nu*mer*ary" | \ ˌsü-pər-ˈnü-mə-ˌrer-ē \


    1: exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number

    2: not enumerated among the regular components of a group and especially of a military organization

    3: exceeding what is necessary, required, or desired


    Origin: 1605 ;

     Late Latin supernumerarius, from Latin super- + numerus number;

    [Noun]  | "supernumerary" 


    1: a supernumerary person or thing

    2: an actor employed to play a walk-on


    Origin: 1639 ;

    [Noun]  | "supernumerary" 


    [Adjective]  | "supernumerary" 


    1: being over what is needed;


      * e.g., " ... a third, supernumerary witness to the signing of the will "



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     [ "supernumerary" ]

    1: better than expected

      * e.g.,  ... today's profit's are supernumerary. 

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