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redundant
[ ri-duhn-duhnt ]
adjective
- exceeding what is needed or useful; superfluous:
You can shorten the article by omitting these redundant paragraphs.
I decided that a sixth pair of dress shoes was redundant.
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- characterized by unnecessary words or repetition; verbose:
He writes in a redundant style.
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- serving or added as a backup; extra:
If the latch fails on this backwards-opening car hood, the wind will blow it down rather than up, so a redundant latch is not needed.
- having one or more extra or duplicate parts or features:
The genetic code is redundant, meaning that more than one codon can map to the same amino acid.
- Chiefly British. (of a worker) laid off or unemployed:
If the mine were to close, the result would be 183 redundant workers.
- Computers.
- (of code, or of a signal communicating a message) including or encoding more than the required information, so as to provide a fallback, a means of validating data, an accommodation for different platforms, etc.
- (of network or system components) providing an additional traffic path or storage place for data, so that if one fails, the other can take over or serve as backup.
- Engineering.
- (of a structural member or part) designed to withstand stresses greater than or different from those that can be calculated or predicted.
- (of a structure) having members or parts designed to withstand stresses that cannot be calculated or predicted.
- (of a complete truss) having additional members enabling it to withstand loads that are not centered. Compare complete ( def 8 ), incomplete ( def 3 ).
- (of a device, circuit, etc.) having extra or duplicate parts that can serve as a backup in case other parts malfunction.
- Linguistics. including or encoding more information than is necessary for communication: for example, in my three sons, the plural ending "-s" on sons is redundant because three already indicates plurality.
- extremely lush or abundant:
The jungle, with its exuberant, redundant vegetation, hides bizarre and exotic creatures.
redundant
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adjective
- surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous
- verbose or tautological
- deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary for efficient operation
he has been made redundant
- (of components, information, etc) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc
Derived Forms
- °ù±ðˈ»å³Ü²Ô»å²¹²Ô³Ù±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù±ð·»å³Ü²Ô·»å²¹²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of redundant1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of redundant1
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Example Sentences
Cardiff Metropolitan University has said it expects to make between 30 and 50 staff redundant, as it tries to cut costs.
The university said it would not be making that many staff redundant, with a "significantly lower" number of jobs affected.
The force plans to make the savings by recruiting fewer people and not replacing those who decide to leave, rather than making people redundant.
The government would be effectively telling Apple and Google they will not be punished for allowing people to download TikTok onto their devices - meaning the law would remain in place but would essentially be redundant.
President Trump’s latest executive order is unconstitutional but it’s also redundant.
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