Both Uses of
superfluous
in
Invisible Man by Ellison
- I threw myself into the lectures, defending, asserting the rights of women; and though the girls continued to buzz around, I was careful to keep the biological and ideological carefully apart-which wasn't always easy, for it was as though many of the sisters were agreed among themselves (and assumed that I accepted it) that the ideological was merely a superfluous veil for the real concerns of life.†
Chpt 19
- So don't waste time with superfluous questions.†
Chpt 19 *
Definition:
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(superfluous) more than is needed, desired, or required