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Definition
more than is needed, desired, or required
- But not a line seemed superfluous, not a needed plane was missing.1.1 — Part 1 Chapter 1 (32% in)
- Isn't this superfluous?1.1 — Part 1 Chapter 1 (49% in)
- This discussion is actually superfluous.1.15 — Part 1 Chapter 15 (82% in)
- What a superfluous question, Peter!2.4 — Part 2 Chapter 4 (35% in)
- Her voice had a luminous simplicity; she was being carried along, unresisting, any personal reaction would be superfluous, even pain or fear.4.4 — Part 4 Chapter 4 (53% in)
There are no more uses of "superfluous" in The Fountainhead.
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