redundancy

CEFRB2

/ɹɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/

noun

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noun
The state of being unnecessary or repeated.
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noun
Extra detail
A duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language.
The state of being redundant.
Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.

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1981, New Zealand House of Representatives. Parliamentary Debates, Volume 442, page 4212, Has he received any representation from Air New Zealand management about redundancy proposals for Air New Zealand staff; and, if so, do these proposals include redundanc...
1983, UK House of Commons, Papers by Command, Volume 40, page lvi, The potential savings did not take into account once-and-for-all staff redundancy costs of £16.5 million and unspecified costs involved in increasing stock levels […] .

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[…] the fulneſs of the creature is limited, it ariſeth juſt to ſuch a degree and proportion, but Gods fulneſs is infinite, as it hath its Reſplendency, ſo its Redundancy, it knows neither bounds nor bottom.
1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 204
In Estonia, in addition, the ethnical aspects of staff redundancy programmes have to be taken into account.
2003, K. Brendow, Restructuring Estonia′s Oil Shale Industry: What Lessons from the Restructuring the Coal Industries in Central and Eastern Europe?: Oil Shale, page 307
As well as fighting against pay freezes (the RMT is about to ballot members of TransPennine Express), the union is seeking agreements with Network Rail and train operators that there will be no compulsory redundancies (it already has this agreement with ScotRail). [...] Whether redundancies come and whether they result in industrial action remains to be seen, but it's clear that the RMT is not prepared to show any flexibility towards rail companies.
2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “A winter of discontent caused by threat of union action”, in Rail, page 63

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From redundant + -cy.