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1. (adj.) redundant
characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas.
2. redundant
exceeding what is usual or necessary:
a redundant part.
3. redundant
superabundant or superfluous:
lush, redundant vegetation.
4. redundant
(of a system, equipment, etc.) supplied as a backup, as in a spacecraft.
5. redundant
(of language or a linguistic feature) characterized by redundancy; predictable.
6. redundant
Chiefly Brit. being unemployed.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L redundant-, s. of redundāns, prp. of redundāre overflow, be excessive. See redound, -ant)
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| Definition of 'redundant' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
more than is needed, desired, or required
"trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
2. (adj) pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological
repetition of same sense in different words
"`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
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1. (adjective) redundant
not necessary because sth similar already exists
redundant factory equipment
2. redundant
having been laid off from a job
200 workers were made redundant.
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| Definition of 'redundant' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) redundant
exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food
2. (adj) redundant
using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic
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Sense: (of workers) no longer employed because there is no longer any job for them where they used to work
Fifty men have just been made redundant at the local factory.
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 Afrikaans: oortollig |
 Arabic: زائِد، عاطِل عن العَمَل |
 Bulgarian: излишен |
 Brazilian: redundante / desnecessári |
 Czech: přebytečný |
 German: freigesetzt |
 Danish: afskediget |
 Greek: πλεονάζων, υπεράριθμος, α |
 Spanish: despedido |
 Estonian: koondatud |
 Farsi: مازاد بر احتیاج؛ زائد |
 Finnish: irtisanottu |
 French: licencié |
 Hebrew: מְיוּתָר |
 Hindi: बेकार, अतिरिक्त |
 Croatian: višak (radne snage) |
 Hungarian: létszám fölötti |
 Indonesian: dipecat |
 Icelandic: atvinnulaus |
 Italian: licenziato |
 Japanese: 失業した |
 Korean: (노동자가) 과잉의 |
 Lithuanian: atliekamas, nebereikaling |
 Latvian: lieks; nevajadzīgs; zaudē |
 Malay: diberhentikan |
 Dutch: overtollig |
 Norwegian: overflødig |
 Polish: zbyteczny, zwolniony z pr |
 Persian: مازاد بر احتیاج؛ زائد |
 Pashto: ډير زيات ترحده ډير |
 Portuguese: despedido |
 Romanian: disponibilizat |
 Russian: лишний |
 Slovak: prebytočný |
 Slovenian: odvečen |
 Serbian: suvišan |
 Swedish: överflödig, övertalig, fr |
 Thai: เลิกจ้าง |
 Turkish: gereksiz (olan), ihtiyaç |
 Taiwanese: 因人力過剩而被解雇的(員工) |
 Ukrainian: звільнений, скорочений |
 Urdu: زاءد |
 Vietnamese: thất nghiệp |
 Chinese: 因人员过剩而被解雇的，多余的 |
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