What does REDUNDANT mean?

Definitions for REDUNDANT
rɪˈdʌn dəntre·dun·dant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective

    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. pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautologicaladjective

    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

Wiktionary

  1. redundantadjective

    Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.

  2. redundantadjective

    (Of speech, writing) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.

  3. redundantadjective

    Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.

  4. redundantadjective

    Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.

  5. Etymology: From redundans, present participle of, from + undo, from.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. REDUNDANTadjective

    Etymology: redundans, Latin.

    His head,
    With burnish’d neck of verdant gold, erect
    Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass
    Floated redundant. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix.

    Notwithstanding the redundant oil in fishes, they do not encrease fat so much as flesh. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

    Where the author is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched; when he trifles, abandon those passages. Isaac Watts.

Wikipedia

  1. Redundant

    Redundant is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the third single from their fifth album, Nimrod (1997), and serves as the fourth track from that album. The song failed to match the chart positions of its predecessors but did reach number two in Australia when it was reissued as a double A-side with "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", becoming the band's highest-charting single there. It is one of few Green Day songs in which vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong uses an effects pedal.

ChatGPT

  1. redundant

    Redundant refers to something that is unnecessary or excessive because it is more than what is needed or required. It can also refer to something that is repetitive or duplicates something else already present. In other cases, it can refer to a role or position that is no longer needed or relevant.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Redundantadjective

    exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food

  2. Redundantadjective

    using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic

Wikidata

  1. Redundant

    "Redundant" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the third single from their fifth album, Nimrod. The song failed to match the impressive chart positions of its predecessors, despite an ambitious music video. It is one of few Green Day songs in which vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong uses an effects pedal.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'REDUNDANT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4599

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'REDUNDANT' in Adjectives Frequency: #904

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of REDUNDANT in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of REDUNDANT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of REDUNDANT in a Sentence

  1. Will Durst:

    Criminal lawyer. Or is that redundant?

  2. Dusanka Glid:

    It is as if they are being abolished, as if they are redundant.

  3. Amit Yoran:

    I do think it is redundant.

  4. Chuck Michel:

    For years San Francisco politicians have inappropriately blamed licensed and inspected gun retailers for violence actually caused by gangs, drugs, and sanctuary city laws, the City has imposed a crushing burden of redundant and pointless regulatory red-tape on firearm retailers, all in an effort to put them out of business. Now they have gotten their wish.

  5. Dusanka Glid:

    Theaters never closed ... not even during the Spanish flu (pandemic) or plague or cholera, it is as if they are being abolished, as if they are redundant.

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Translations for REDUNDANT

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  • redundantCatalan, Valencian
  • nadbytečnýCzech
  • overflødigDanish
  • redundant, überflüssigGerman
  • πλεονάζων, περίσσιος, παραπανίσιοςGreek
  • superfluo, redundanteSpanish
  • redondantFrench
  • निरर्थकHindi
  • terjengő, feleslegesHungarian
  • ավելորդArmenian
  • ridondante, iperverboso, copioso, sovrabbondante, pleonasticoItalian
  • 冗長Japanese
  • ზედმეტი, ნამეტი, ჭარბი, გადამეტებული, სიტყვამრავალი, გაჭიანურებული, სიტყვაგრძელიGeorgian
  • achterhaald, overtollig, overbodigDutch
  • overflødig, redundantNorwegian
  • nadmiarowy, nadmiernyPolish
  • redundantePortuguese
  • излишнийRussian
  • zalihosan, redundantanSerbo-Croatian
  • överflödigSwedish
  • ihtiyaçtan fazla, gereğinden fazla, lüzumundan fazla, yedek, fazlaTurkish
  • 多餘的Chinese

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