excrescent
/ɪkˈskrɛsənt/
adjective
- Growing out abnormally from a surface, like a lump or outgrowth.
- The tree had an excrescent knot on its trunk.
- The old building had excrescent additions that ruined its original shape.
- Doctors removed an excrescent cyst from the patient's skin.
- Unnecessary or extra; forming an unwanted addition.
- The committee removed excrescent rules that no one followed.
- The report was full of excrescent details that confused the main point.
- He cut the excrescent paragraphs from his essay to make it clearer.
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