excess baggage

Noun

 * 1)  Luggage which exceeds the allowable size or weight (as for an airline flight or train trip), and for which an extra fee must therefore be paid.
 * 2)  Something or someone not needed or not wanted; something or someone of little use or importance; something or someone considered burdensome.
 * 3) * 1976 Dec. 6, Paul Gray, "Books: Book of Changes" (review of The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston), Time:
 * Exiles and refugees . . . are likely to find the old ways and old language excess baggage, especially if their adopted homeland is the U.S., where the race is to the swift and the adaptable.
 * 1)  A dubious or unhelpful mental outlook, emotional disposition, or personal history.
 * Exiles and refugees . . . are likely to find the old ways and old language excess baggage, especially if their adopted homeland is the U.S., where the race is to the swift and the adaptable.
 * 1)  A dubious or unhelpful mental outlook, emotional disposition, or personal history.