duplicative

American  

[doo-pli-key-tiv, dyoo-] / ˈdu plɪˌkeɪ tɪv, ˈdyu- /

adjective

1. involving duplication, especially unnecessary repetition of effort or resources.

   The report will highlight examples of wasteful or duplicative spending.

   The new “No-Hassle” rule eliminates duplicative luggage screening requirements for passengers originating from certain airports.

2. done the same way more than once; effectively identical.

   A new law allows state agencies to ignore records requests they deem to be duplicative or substantially similar to previous requests.

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Other Word Forms

• nonduplicative adjective
• unduplicative adjective

Etymology

Origin of duplicative

First recorded in 1820–30; duplicat(e) ( def. ) + -ive ( def. )

Example Sentences

The companies ended up with duplicative costs, and the businesses were recombined around the time of the Neiman merger, people familiar with the situation said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The inventory will help you and your doctor spot issues like duplicative medications from the same class of drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal

A declining population amid fixed costs pushed KCK toward bankruptcy during the 1990s, but a new KCK mayor named Carol Marinovich led a successful effort to merge KCK and Wyandotte County, eliminating duplicative services such as law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal

“An AIG/Chubb combination would likely involve material expense synergies due to several duplicative functions,” wrote BofA Securities analyst Joshua Shanker in a note Thursday.

From Barron's

“This almost certainly means various types of value engineering of their operations, which probably means some form of job cuts, paring down duplicative areas and probably more of an embrace of AI and all the types of things that in Hollywood people get itchy feet about,” said Columbia Law School professor Eric Talley, an expert on corporate finance.

From Los Angeles Times