"A unit of the despised majority who is thoroughly convinced of her own superfluousness.
"The Dop Doctor"
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
I sat waiting on the terrace, while William Adolphus wandered about in a state of conscious and wretched superfluousness.
"The King's Mirror"
Anthony Hope
But she enjoyed the consciousness of knowing more than he did; she even forgave him his superfluousness.
"Mount Music"
E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross