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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Su·per·flu·ous a.  More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price.
    An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous.   --E. Everett.
 Superfluous interval Mus., an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone.
 Syn: -- Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless.
 -- Su*per*flu*ous*ly, adv. -- Su*per*flu*ous*ness, n.
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