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redundant Definition

re·dun·dant (-dənt)

adjective

  1. more than enough; overabundant; excess; superfluous
  2. using more words than are needed; wordy
  3. unnecessary to the meaning: said of words and affixes
  4. Brit. laid off from work as no longer needed; discharged; dismissed

Etymology: L redundans, prp. of redundare: see redound

redundant Related Forms
re·dun′·dantly adverb
redundant Synonyms

redundant

modif.

  1. Needless

    superfluous, irrelevant, excess; see excessive, superfluous, unnecessary.

  2. Repetitious

    verbose, wordy, repetitive, tautological; see verbose. See syn. study at verbose.

redundant Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • compulsorily: The council have also begun the process of making the three UNISON branch officers compulsorily redundant, by putting them on the redeployment register.
  • largely: Now, whatever its value in the past, epidemiology today is a largely redundant science.
  • somewhat: It has, anyhow, become somewhat redundant through the invention of photography.
  • utterly: Personally, for convenience and cost, I'm amazed it hasn't rendered dating in Dallas utterly redundant.
  • genuinely: It is agreed the buildings are genuinely redundant for agricultural purposes, and the Parish Council is in support of this proposed use.
  • completely: Does anyone have any of these items, perhaps lying around in the shed or garage, completely redundant?

Preposition: at

  • establishment: Employers were allowed to avoid the obligation to inform or consult if fewer than 20 people were made redundant at any one establishment.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • render: For no amount of money will ever render these issues redundant.
  • make: Our biggest concern was having to make staff redundant.

Modifies a noun

  • submarine: There are 11 redundant nuclear-powered submarines stored in Britain.
  • barn: For many years, Watermeadow Barn was a redundant farm barn.
  • miner: Reports of decisions of the Industrial Tribunal in matters relating to Redundancy Payments Act 1965 and the entitlement of redundant miners to redundancy payment.
  • building: They have now opened dialog with the National Trust over the possibility of a joint scheme using a redundant second floor building.
  • church: St Sampson's Social Center for the Over 60's St Sampson's was a redundant church in the center of York.
  • configuration: In redundant sensor configurations, common cause failure becomes the dominant failure scenario.

Used with adjective complement

  • declare: Redundant Churches Some churches in very small villages have been declared redundant.
  • render: The pigs sensitive snouts, designed for rooting, are rendered redundant.
  • make: Make redundant the things, the things you have wasted.
  • become: The content seems to become redundant near the end of the first third of the book.
  • seem: Therefore starting a series of articles here in Linux Focus seems redundant.