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- DictionaryRe·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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