redundant
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5.1
- adjective
- /rɪˈdʌndənt/
:
innecesario
- The extra step in the process felt redundant since we had already covered the same material earlier.
- made redundant
- a redundant explanation
- eliminate redundant features
One of those is loose, redundant, floppy skin from weight loss.
- One of those is loose, redundant, floppy skin from weight loss.
- And he looked at me as if that were a redundant question.
- So if I'm being redundant, you'll have to indulge me a little bit.
- Because they're in Britain, they talk about them being made redundant, right?
- The idea is that the biggest breakthroughs in science make previous work redundant.
- But but you're right that they're kind of like a redundant now yeah.
- Basically, you are by definition losing cycles, redundant cycles in politics, right?
Examples
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Although the phrase "teaching environmental education" may seem redundant, we have used it to name a behavioral construct.
Academic text (1997) -
The research team also believed that other questions would become redundant if they asked them of teachers individually.
Academic text (2015) -
And he looked at me as if that were a redundant question.
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Ten people got made redundant today, but not me
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- Well, that feels redundant.
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It's a little bit redundant, but it still tastes good.
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Now that the lads have been made redundant, they're gonna be nervous.
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Items determined to be ambiguous or redundant were rewritten or eliminated.
Academic text (1996) -
Third, the establishment of the FDIC in 1933 was seen to have rendered double liability redundant.
Academic text (2017) -
One might argue that verbal statements in picturebooks are redundant because images evoke emotional responses more immediately and directly.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
More than is needed or expected
300
1.6
More than is needed or wanted
103
2.1
Not needed right now and free to use
77
4.1
More than needed or wanted
22
7.0
More than what is needed or useful
7
2.3
Not necessary or useful in a situation
3
7.0
Doing the same thing again when it is not needed
2
8.3
Saying the same thing again using different words
1
3.4
More than what is needed or wanted
1
5.6
A thing that is not needed
1
5.3
Not needed for a particular purpose or situation
1
5.0
Not needed for the main purpose
1
5.8
More than is needed or wanted
1
9.0
More than the usual or needed number
More than needed and no longer useful
Saying the same thing twice in different words
Using more words than needed, often repeating the same idea
Antonyms
Compounds
A job that is no longer needed because of company changes or new technology
How Unnecessary
Surface Forms
Morphology
redundant = redund + ant
The components are Latin combining forms not recognizable as productive modern English morphemes (the initial re- is not the productive 'again' sense and 'redund' is not a standalone word), so learners cannot derive the meaning from visible parts.
Etymology
Redundant comes from the Latin redundare, which means 'to overflow' and is made from re- 'back' and undare 'to flow'. So something redundant is like an overflow — 'more than you need' or not necessary.