redundant

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not needed because something similar already exists.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.

Examples

  • Soldiers currently in theatre will not be made redundant.

  • "Teenage discontentment" is redundant.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Repetitive or needlessly wordy.

  2. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.

  3. Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.

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In context

  • Four employees were made redundant.

  • In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; […]

  • It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; […]

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Origin

adjective

From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).