redundant

The definition of redundant is more than enough or too much of something.

(adjective)

  1. An example of redundant is someone repeating the same story over and over again.
  2. An example of redundant is when too many people are doing the same job.

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See redundant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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

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See redundant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
  2. Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression: a student paper filled with redundant phrases.
  3. Of or relating to linguistic redundancy.
  4. Chiefly British Dismissed or laid off from work, as for being no longer needed.
  5. Electronics Of or involving redundancy in electronic equipment.
  6. Of or involving redundancy in the transmission of messages.

Origin:

Origin: Latin redundāns, redundant-

Origin: , present participle of redundāre, to overflow

Origin: : re-, red-, re-

Origin: + undāre, to surge (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots)

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  • re·dunˈdant·ly adverb

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