Redundancy Meaning
/ɹɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state of being redundant.
nounA superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language.
Sentence Examples
RAID-1 achieves redundancy by mirroring data on several disks.
Your database contains lots of redundancy.
Tom's involuntary redundancy will force him to make some lifestyle changes.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The company announced a ____ of workers due to the drop in sales.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The factory announced fifty ____ as part of a cost-cutting program following declining sales.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English redundant English -cy English redundancy From redundant + -cy.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] 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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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company announced a ____ of workers due to the drop in sales.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The factory announced fifty ____ as part of a cost-cutting program following declining sales.