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Look up superfluous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Superfluous means unnecessary or excessive. It may also refer to:
- Superfluous precision, the use of calculated measurements beyond significant figures
- The Diary of a Superfluous Man, an 1850 novella by Russian author Ivan Turgenev
- Superfluous man, a Russian archetype inspired by the above novella