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additional
Supplemental or added to something.
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  1. Supplemental or added to something.
  2. Added; more; extra
superfluous
(Obs.) Extravagant; prodigal
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  1. (Obs.) Extravagant; prodigal
  2. Being beyond what is required or sufficient.
  3. Not needed; unnecessary; irrelevant
supernumerary
Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous:
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  1. Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous:
  2. Exceeding a fixed, prescribed, or standard number; extra:
lean
(--- Metallurgy) Low in mineral contents:
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  1. (--- Metallurgy) Low in mineral contents:
  2. (--- Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material:
  3. Not fleshy or fat; thin.
lanky
Tall, thin, and often ungainly.
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  1. Tall, thin, and often ungainly.
  2. Tall and lean, or long and slender
  3. (Informal) Somewhat lank; tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
slender
Small in width or girth; narrow
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  1. Small in width or girth; narrow
  2. Small in amount or extent; meager:
  3. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim:
meager
Having little flesh; lean.
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  1. Having little flesh; lean.
  2. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
  3. Thin; lean; emaciated
thin
Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
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  1. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
  2. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
  3. Watery:
frugal
Not costly or luxurious; inexpensive or meager
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  1. Not costly or luxurious; inexpensive or meager
  2. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.
  3. Simple or costing little; meager or inexpensive:
forbear
To refrain or abstain
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  1. To refrain or abstain
  2. To refrain from; resist:
  3. (Now Chiefly Dial.) To endure; tolerate
forgive
To show forgiveness; be inclined to forgive
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  1. To show forgiveness; be inclined to forgive
  2. To relent in being angry or in wishing to exact punishment for (an offense or fault).
  3. To give up resentment against or stop wanting to punish (someone) for an offense or fault; pardon.
favor
To use gently; spare
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  1. To use gently; spare
  2. To look like; resemble in facial features
  3. (Chiefly Southern US) To resemble in appearance:
absolve
To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
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  1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
  2. To give religious absolution to
  3. To relieve of a requirement or obligation.
discharge
To relieve (a ship, for example) of a burden or of contents; unload.
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  1. To relieve (a ship, for example) of a burden or of contents; unload.
  2. To shoot:
  3. To relieve oneself or itself of (a burden, load, etc.)
dispense
To prepare and give out (medicines, prescriptions, etc.)
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  1. To prepare and give out (medicines, prescriptions, etc.)
  2. To give or deal out, especially in parts or portions:
  3. To exempt; excuse
excuse
To release from an obligation, duty, promise, etc.
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  1. To release from an obligation, duty, promise, etc.
  2. To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense:
  3. To give permission to leave; release:
exempt
(Obsolete) To set apart; isolate.
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  1. (Obsolete) To set apart; isolate.
  2. To free from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject:
let off
To cause to explode.
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  1. To cause to explode.
  2. (Idiomatic) To forgive and not punish.
relieve
To cause a lessening or alleviation of:
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  1. To cause a lessening or alleviation of:
  2. (Baseball) To serve as a relief pitcher
  3. To ease, lighten, or reduce (pain, anxiety, etc.)
conserve
To economize:
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  1. To economize:
  2. To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste:
  3. To keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted; save
economize
To use or manage with thrift:
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  1. To use or manage with thrift:
  2. To practice economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures.
  3. To avoid waste or needless expenditure; reduce expenses
save
To keep in a safe or healthy condition:
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  1. To keep in a safe or healthy condition:
  2. To treat with care by avoiding fatigue, wear, or damage; spare:
  3. To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem:
de trop
Excessive or superfluous
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  1. Excessive or superfluous
  2. Unwanted; superfluous; in the way
  3. Too much; too many
excess
Being more than is usual, required, or permitted:
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  1. Being more than is usual, required, or permitted:
  2. More than usual; extra; surplus
extra
Subject to an additional charge:
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  1. Subject to an additional charge:
  2. More than or beyond what is usual, normal, expected, or necessary:
  3. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
supererogatory
Superfluous
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  1. Superfluous
  2. Superfluous; unnecessary:
  3. Done or observed beyond the degree required or expected
superfluous
(Obs.) Extravagant; prodigal
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  1. (Obs.) Extravagant; prodigal
  2. Being beyond what is required or sufficient.
  3. Not needed; unnecessary; irrelevant
supernumerary
Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous:
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  1. Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous:
  2. That exceeds or is beyond the regular or prescribed number; extra
surplus
Designating or of commodities (specif., certain excess farm products) bought, stored, distributed, etc. by the government under the Federal price-support program
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  1. Designating or of commodities (specif., certain excess farm products) bought, stored, distributed, etc. by the government under the Federal price-support program
  2. Being more than or in excess of what is needed or required:
  3. Forming a surplus; excess; extra
exiguous
Extremely scanty; meager.
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  1. Extremely scanty; meager.
  2. Scanty; little; small; meager
meager
Having little flesh; lean.
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  1. Having little flesh; lean.
  2. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
  3. Thin; lean; emaciated
poor
Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality:
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  1. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality:
  2. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable:
  3. Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
puny
(Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
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  1. (Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
  2. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak:
scant
Very little, very few.
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  1. Very little, very few.
  2. Inadequate in size or amount; not enough; meager
  3. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
scanty
Narrow; small; close
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  1. Narrow; small; close
  2. Small or insufficient in amount, size, or extent:
  3. Not covering a considerable amount of the body:
skimpy
Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting:
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  1. Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting:
  2. Barely or not quite enough; somewhat less in size, fullness, etc. than is needed; scanty
  3. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
sparse
Thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded
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  1. Thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded
  2. Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.
stingy
Giving or spending reluctantly.
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  1. Giving or spending reluctantly.
  2. Stinging or capable of stinging
  3. Scanty or meager:
thin
Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
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  1. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
  2. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
  3. Watery:
measly
(Slang) Contemptibly small; meager:
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  1. (Slang) Contemptibly small; meager:
  2. (Informal) Contemptibly slight, worthless, or skimpy
  3. Small in amount, contemptibly so.
angular
Rigid, stiff, and unyielding in character or disposition:
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  1. Rigid, stiff, and unyielding in character or disposition:
  2. Lacking grace or smoothness; awkward:
  3. Bony and lean; gaunt:
bony
Full of bones:
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  1. Full of bones:
  2. Lean; scrawny.
  3. Thin; emaciated
fleshless
Without flesh, lacking flesh.
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  1. Without flesh, lacking flesh.
gaunt
Looking grim, forbidding, or desolate
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  1. Looking grim, forbidding, or desolate
  2. Thin and bony; hollow-eyed and haggard, as from great hunger or age; emaciated
  3. Thin or emaciated:
lank
Hanging straight and limp; not curly
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  1. Hanging straight and limp; not curly
  2. Long, straight, and limp:
  3. Slender or lean
lanky
Tall and lean, or long and slender
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  1. Tall and lean, or long and slender
  2. (Informal) Somewhat lank; tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
  3. Tall, thin, and often ungainly.
lean
With little flesh or fat; thin; spare
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  1. With little flesh or fat; thin; spare
  2. (--- Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material:
  3. Not fleshy or fat; thin.
meager
Having little flesh; lean.
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  1. Having little flesh; lean.
  2. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
  3. Thin; lean; emaciated
rawboned
Having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.
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  1. Having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.
  2. (Of a person) thin and bony, having prominent bones, rugged but not necessarily handsome
  3. Lean; gaunt
scrawny
Stunted or scrubby
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  1. Stunted or scrubby
  2. Stunted or straggly:
  3. Very thin; skinny and bony
skinny
Of inadequate size, growth, etc.
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  1. Of inadequate size, growth, etc.
  2. Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin.
  3. Having little width; narrow:
slender
Small in width or girth; narrow
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  1. Small in width or girth; narrow
  2. Small in amount or extent; meager:
  3. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim:
slim
Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
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  1. Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
  2. Small in quantity or amount; meager:
thin
Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
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  1. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
  2. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
  3. Watery:
twiggy
Slender, delicate, etc. like a twig
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  1. Slender, delicate, etc. like a twig
  2. Full of or covered with twigs
  3. (Of a person) Thin and angular.
weedy
Being, characteristic of, or resembling a weed:
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  1. Being, characteristic of, or resembling a weed:
  2. Full of or consisting of weeds:
  3. Lean, lanky, ungainly, etc.
lean
Not fleshy or fat; thin.
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  1. Not fleshy or fat; thin.
  2. Containing little excess or waste; spare:
  3. (--- Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material:
tight
Experiencing a feeling of constriction:
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  1. Experiencing a feeling of constriction:
  2. Stretched or drawn out fully:
  3. Barely profitable:
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  • This list goes on, but I will spare you.

  • What else are you doing to fill in all your spare time?

  • We can spare a little time in Santa Barbara.

  • But I shall spare her.

  • I only wish I could spare my brother the first moments.

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