redundant

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/ rɪˈdʌn dənt /

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adjective

characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style.

being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural: a redundant part.

having some unusual or extra part or feature.

characterized by superabundance or superfluity: lush, redundant vegetation.

Engineering.

(of a structural member) not necessary for resisting statically determined stresses.
(of a structure) having members designed to resist other than statically determined stresses; hyperstatic.
noting a complete truss having additional members for resisting eccentric loads.Compare complete (def. 8), incomplete (def. 3).
(of a device, circuit, computer system, etc.) having excess or duplicate parts that can continue to perform in the event of malfunction of some of the parts.

Linguistics. characterized by redundancy; predictable.

Computers. containing more bits or characters than are required, as a parity bit inserted for checking purposes.

Chiefly British. removed or laid off from a job.

OTHER WORDS FOR redundant

1 verbose, repetitive.

2 excessive; useless; superfluous, tautological.

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Origin of redundant

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin redundant- (stem of redundāns ), present participle of redundāre “to flow back, overflow, be excessive.” See redound, -ant

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1. See wordy.

OTHER WORDS FROM redundant

re·dun·dant·ly, adverb

Words nearby redundant

reductivism, reductor, redundancy, redundancy pay, redundancy payment, redundant, red underwing, redupl., reduplicate, reduplication, reduplicative

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How to use redundant in a sentence

This makes the two hemispheres largely redundant — they carry the same information about the lines — so we can forget the southern one.
A Mathematician’s Unanticipated Journey Through the Physical World|Kevin Hartnett|December 16, 2020|Quanta Magazine
It’s all set against the challenge of the search for a business model, people being asked to do more work, others being made redundant.
‘It’s a silent epidemic’: Mental health in newsrooms needs more attention|Jessica Davies|December 7, 2020|Digiday
Some models are multi-cookers, which will allow them to replace otherwise redundant devices in your cabinet and on your countertop, thereby saving space just by being there.
Best air fryer: Five things to consider|PopSci Commerce Team|December 4, 2020|Popular-Science
It is healthy to maintain redundant databases, collected by active communities, so that data can be challenged in order to keep the civic space open and global.
The apps keeping Rio’s residents safe from stray bullets|Niall Firth|November 26, 2020|MIT Technology Review

The resulting surface is a highly redundant representation of the dodecahedron, with 10 copies of each pentagon.
Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron|Erica Klarreich|August 31, 2020|Quanta Magazine
On some issues, Puck was so mired in its own times that the commentary is redundant.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians|Anthony Haden-Guest|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sheer amount of redundant bureaucracy needs to be eliminated.
America’s Advanced Stealth Jet Flies on 1990s Tech|Dave Majumdar|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Overall, The Judge wants to be insightful and funny and sad, but it instead ends up being clichéd and redundant.
Robert Downey Jr. Just Made the Year’s Sappiest Flick|Alex Suskind|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It almost seems that an “official” investigation will be redundant.
MH17 Is the World’s First Open-Source Air Crash Investigation|Clive Irving|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The waitress recommends that we get our pannukakku with nisu toast, which seems redundant—toast with pancakes?
Welcome to Yooperland, A Little Slice of Finland in Michigan|Jane & Michael Stern|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Within were the park and the deer, and the mansion rearing its brilliant columns amidst the redundant groves of a Spanish autumn.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
On p. 21 The redundant double quotation mark after "grandure" has been deleted.
Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters.|Anonymous
For a time there was enthusiastic cutting of septal spurs and burning of redundant mucosa and cauterizing of sensitive areas.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw
The phrase seems redundant, but ‘trivial’ may here be used in the strict sense of common or well-known.
Milton's Comus|John Milton
He stood six feet six inches high in his stockings, and straight as an arrow, without any redundant flesh.
The Old Pike|Thomas B. Searight

British Dictionary definitions for redundant

redundant

/ (rɪˈdʌndənt) /

adjective

surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous

verbose or tautological

deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary for efficient operationhe has been made redundant

(of components, information, etc) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc

Derived forms of redundant

redundantly, adverb

Word Origin for redundant

C17: from Latin redundans overflowing, from redundāre to run back, stream over; see redound

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