redundant
UK/ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/
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Australia/ɹɪˈdɐn.dənt/
redundant adjective: superfluous; exceeding what is necessary (and therefore no longer needed because other things fulfill its task or purpose).
Adjective
redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)
- Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary (and therefore no longer needed because other things fulfill its task or purpose).
- 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; […]1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte...
- In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; […]1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section...
- Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
- Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
- The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142
- Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.
- Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
- Four employees were made redundant.
- Joyce Barnaby: You don't kill someone because they made you redundant.
DCI Tom Barnaby: Not in the town, dear, but this is the country. And, in the country, anything goes.1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders
- Synonyms:
- surplus to requirements
- Obsolete or outdated; discarded, or fit to be discarded.
- A knocked out Panther tank lies redundant in the river.2013, Bob Carruthers, Panther V in Combat, Coda Books Ltd, →ISBN
- Many mainstream restaurants today have a vegetarian menu, and the old representation of vegetarians as ill people is now totally redundant.2017 December 13, Francesco Buscemi, From Body Fuel to Universal Poison: Cultural History of Meat: 1900-The Present, Springer, →ISBN, page 109
redundant meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
redundant in Tamil
- கழிமிகையான, தேவைக்கு மேற்பட்ட, தேவையற்ற, மிகையான
redundant in Urdu
- redundant
- فضول fuzūl
redundant in Bengali
- অতিরিক্ত, প্রয়োজনের চেয়ে বেশি, অপ্রয়োজনীয়, পুনরাবৃত্তিমূলক, অপ্রয়োজনীয়ভাবে দীর্ঘ
redundant in Malayalam
- ആവശ്യത്തിലധികമായ, ആവർത്തനമുള്ള, ധാരാളമുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- redundant in Kannada
- ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ, ಬೇಕಾದ, ಬೇಡದ, ಅನಗತ್ಯದ
- redundant in Arabic
- فَائِض fāʔiḍ, زَائِد zāʔid, حَشْو ḥašw
- redundant in Persian
- افرونگی afzunegi, حشو hašv
- redundant in Vietnamese
- rườm rà, dư thừa
Examples of redundant in a sentence
- He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.
- To put it more directly: he's not 'made redundant' but sacked.
- With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.
Synonyms of redundant
- surplus to requirements
- acervatim
- adscititious
- dropsical
- duplicate
- excessive
- exorbitant
- expletive
- extra
- extraneous
29 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- extravagant
- gorged
- inessential
- inordinate
- lavish
- needless
- nonessential
- overflowing
- overmuch
- overweening
- plethoric
- prodigal
- profuse
- repetitive
- replete
- spare
- superabundant
- supererogatory
- superfluous
- supernumerary
- supersaturated
- surplus
- surplusage
- too many
- too much
- unnecessary
- verbose
- gash
- supervacaneous
Antonyms
Forms of redundant
| comparative | more redundant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most redundant |
Origin of redundant
From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).
Words formed from redundant
Phrases with redundant
Questions about redundant
- What does redundant mean?
- Redundant means superfluous; exceeding what is necessary (and therefore no longer needed because other things fulfill its task or purpose).
- What is redundant in Tamil?
- Redundant in Tamil is கழிமிகையான, தேவைக்கு மேற்பட்ட, தேவையற்ற. See Redundant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is redundant?
- Redundant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce redundant?
- Redundant is pronounced /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/ (UK).
Words near redundant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: redundant (page history and authors); redundant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); فضول (Urdu) (page history and authors); redundant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redundant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redundant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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