"a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
"a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
"trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
"a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
"a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
"the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
"I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
"he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
"trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
"otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"