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   Re·dun·dant

   /rəˈdənd(ə)nt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous: "many of the old skills had become redundant" Similar unnecessarynot requiredinessentialunessentialneedlessunneededuncalled fordispensabledisposableexpendableunwanteduselesssurplussurplus to requirementssuperfluoustoo much/manysupernumeraryexcessivein excessextraadditionalsparede tropinformal:needed like a hole in the headOpposite essentialnecessary
   • ▪ (of a person) no longer employed because there is no more work available: "eight permanent staff were made redundant" Similar sackeddismissedlaid offdischargedunemployedidlejoblessout of workout of a jobrare:disemployedOpposite in workemployed
   • ▪ (of words or data) able to be omitted without loss of meaning or function: "our peculiar affection for redundant phrases"
   • ▪ (of a component) not strictly necessary to functioning but included in case of failure in another component: "the modules are linked using a redundant fiber-optic cable"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘abundant’): from Latin redundant- ‘surging up’, from the verb redundare (see redound).

   Derivatives

   • 1. redundantly adverb

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   Synonyms for REDUNDANT: extra, surplus, excess, spare, superfluous, unnecessary, unwanted, additional; Antonyms of REDUNDANT: inadequate, insufficient, short, deficient, sparse, poor, scarce, meager.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of redundant in English. redundant. adjective. These are words and phrases related to redundant. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of redundant. I found the lecture redundant and quite boring. Synonyms. repetitious. tautological. pleonastic. wordy. verbose. prolix.

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   more than is needed, desired, or required. “yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant ”. “skills made redundant by technological advance”. synonyms: excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus. unnecessary, unneeded.

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   Synonyms for REDUNDANT in English: jobless, dismissed, sacked, unemployed, laid off, out of work, superfluous, extra, surplus, excessive, …

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    Synonyms for REDUNDANT: superfluous, excess, excessive, irrelevant, extra, prolix, verbose, wordy, surplus, diffuse, long-winded, copious, periphrastic; Antonyms for REDUNDANT: essential, concise, singular, necessary, single.

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    repetitive, repetitious, verbose, long-winded, parrotlike, tautological, tautologous. Sense: Adjective: jobless - UK. Synonyms: jobless, out of work, laid off, unemployed, sacked, fired. Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement. Recent forum discussions about thesaurus entries: 'redundant' negative (let's see if ...