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redundant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈdɐn.dənt/ (Australia)
/ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/ (Canada, UK, US)
/ɹəˈdɐn.dənt/ (New-Zealand)
audio Queensland

Etymology

From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).

Meanings

Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary (and therefore no longer needed because other things fulfill its task or purpose).
- A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water. 2020 December 16, “Network News: "Robust case" for Fawley branch reopening”, in Rail, page 14:
- Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building. 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58:
- 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 I, page 1:
- 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, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 82:
(of words, qualifier:etc) 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:
(of topology) Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.
(Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK) 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:
Obsolete or outdated; discarded, or fit to be discarded.
- [There was a] Ukrainian raid on the major Russian port [of] Novorossiysk. … Novorossiysk is theoretically one of Putin's most well-protected cities. It underscores once again how such a concept is more or less redundant in this new age of innovative technology and tactics. 2026 August 13, Francis Dearnley, "Ukraine counteroffensive has retaken ‘745 square kilometers’ | Russia-Ukraine latest war news", Ukraine: The Latest (podcast by The Telegraph), c. 1:40
- 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:
- A knocked out Panther tank lies redundant in the river. 2013, Bob Carruthers, Panther V in Combat, Coda Books Ltd, →ISBN:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more redundant	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most redundant	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Translations (101)

tr gereğinden fazla (superfluous) · nl overtollig (superfluous) · ota آرتق (superfluous) · el υπεράριθμος (superfluous) · ja 冗長 (needlessly wordy) · ar زَائِد (superfluous) · pl nadmiarowy (superfluous) · et ülearune (superfluous) · et üleliigne (superfluous) · ko 불필요한 (superfluous) · mi tāwere (superfluous) · tr lüzumundan fazla (superfluous) · hu nélkülözhető (superfluous) · bg многословен (needlessly wordy) · es redundante (needlessly wordy) · nl overbodig (superfluous) · es superfluo (superfluous) · ca redundant (needlessly wordy) · no redundant (needlessly wordy) · sk redundantný (superfluous) · el παραπανίσιος (superfluous) · ka ზედმეტი (superfluous) · cmn 冗雜 /冗杂 (superfluous) · ga iomarcach (superfluous) · lt nereikalingas (superfluous) · ar فَائِض (superfluous) · mk излишен (superfluous) · he מיותר (superfluous) · ka ჭარბი (superfluous) · sh редунда̀нтан (superfluous) · ka გადამეტებული (superfluous) · lv lieks (superfluous) · hu terjengős (needlessly wordy) · sh redundàntan (superfluous) · gl redundante (superfluous) · tr ihtiyaçtan fazla (superfluous) · sh и̏злишан (superfluous) · sh ȉzlišan (superfluous) · fa افرونگی (superfluous) · sk nadbytočný (superfluous) · da overflødig (superfluous) · ar حَشْو (needlessly wordy) · sh zalihosan (superfluous) · eo superflua (superfluous) · fr redondant (superfluous) · tr gereksiz (superfluous) · tr fazla (superfluous) · sh sȕvīšan (superfluous) · ca redundant (superfluous) · fi liikasanainen (needlessly wordy) · it copioso (superfluous) · de überzählig (needlessly wordy) · pl rozwlekły (needlessly wordy) · ka სიტყვაგრძელი (needlessly wordy) · de überflüssig (superfluous) · ka გაჭიანურებული (needlessly wordy) · el πλεονάζων (superfluous) · bg излишен (superfluous) · it iperverboso (superfluous) · vi dư thừa (superfluous) · it ridondante (superfluous) · pt redundante (superfluous) · tr lüzumsuz (superfluous) · ro redundant (needlessly wordy) · tr yedek (superfluous) · ka სიტყვამრავალი (needlessly wordy) · ro redundant (superfluous) · sk prebytočný (superfluous) · no overflødig (needlessly wordy) · fi liiallinen (superfluous) · hu szükségtelen (superfluous) · ko 여분의 (superfluous) · sl odvečen (superfluous) · de redundant (needlessly wordy) · cs nadbytečný (superfluous) · vi rườm rà (superfluous) · sh су̏вӣшан (superfluous) · no overflødig (superfluous) · el περισσός (superfluous) · ka ნამეტი (superfluous) · gl redundante (needlessly wordy) · es redundante (superfluous) · pl redundantny (superfluous) · lt perteklinis (superfluous) · ru изли́шний (superfluous) · it pleonastico (superfluous) · hu redundáns (superfluous) · sv överflödig (superfluous) · fa حشو (needlessly wordy) · eu gehiegizko (superfluous) · hy ավելորդ (superfluous) · hu felesleges (superfluous) · cmn 冗餘 /冗余 (superfluous) · hu mellőzhető (superfluous) · nl achterhaald (superfluous) · uk надлишковий (superfluous) · it sovrabbondante (superfluous) · el περίσσιος (needlessly wordy) · de doppelt gemoppelt (needlessly wordy) · pl nadmierny (superfluous) · mnc ᠯᠠᠮᡦᠠ (superfluous)

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