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redundant
re·dun·dant R0108500 (rĭ-dŭn′dənt)adj.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.7. Genetics a. Made up of identical repeating nucleotide sequences that do not code for genes. Used of DNA.b. Relating to or being a gene that has multiple codons for the same amino acid.
[Latin redundāns, redundant-, present participle of redundāre, to overflow : re-, red-, re- + undāre, to surge (from unda, wave; see wed- in Indo-European roots).]
re·dun′dant·ly adv.redundant (rɪˈdʌndənt) adj1. surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous2. verbose or tautological3. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary for efficient operation: he has been made redundant. 4. (General Engineering) (of components, information, etc) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc5. (Electronics) (of components, information, etc) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc[C17: from Latin redundans overflowing, from redundāre to run back, stream over; see redound] reˈdundantly advre•dun•dant (rɪˈdʌn dənt)
adj. 1. characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas. 2. exceeding what is usual or necessary: a redundant part. 3. superabundant or superfluous: lush, redundant vegetation. 4. (of a system, equipment, etc.) supplied as a backup, as in a spacecraft. 5. (of language or a linguistic feature) characterized by redundancy; predictable. 6. Chiefly Brit. being unemployed. [1595–1605; < Latin redundant-, s. of redundāns, present participle of redundāre overflow, be excessive. See redound, -ant] re•dun′dant•ly, adv. syn: See wordy. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | redundant - 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"excess, extra, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus, superfluous, spareunnecessary, unneeded - not necessary | | 2. | redundant - 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.Conantpleonastic, tautologic, tautologicalprolix - tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know" |
redundantadjective1. jobless, dismissed, sacked, unemployed, laid off, out of work a redundant miner2. superfluous, extra, surplus, excessive, unnecessary, unwanted, inordinate, inessential, supernumerary, de trop (French), supererogatory the conversion of redundant buildings to residential use
superfluous needed, necessary, essential, vital3. tautological, wordy, repetitious, verbose, padded, diffuse, prolix, iterative, periphrastic, pleonastic The last couplet collapses into redundant adjectives.redundantadjectiveUsing or containing an excessive number of words:diffuse, long-winded, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, verbose, wordy.Translationsredundant (rəˈdandənt) adjective (of workers) no longer employed because there is no longer any job for them where they used to work. Fifty men have just been made redundant at the local factory. 因人力過剩而被解雇的(員工) 因人员过剩而被解雇的，多余的 reˈdundancy – plural reˈdundancies – nounThere have been a lot of redundancies at the local factory recently; the problem of redundancy. 多餘 多余
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redundant (of components, information, etc.) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc. redundantRepetitive. See redundancy.redundant
redundant (rĭ-dŭn′dənt)adj.1. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.2. Genetics a. Made up of identical repeating nucleotide sequences that do not code for genes. Used of DNA.b. Relating to or being a gene that has multiple codons for the same amino acid.
re·dun′dant·ly adv.redundant (rĭ-dŭn′dĕnt) [L. redundare, to overflow] More than necessary.FinancialSeeredundancySee RED
See REDredundant
Synonyms for redundantadj joblessSynonyms- jobless
- dismissed
- sacked
- unemployed
- laid off
- out of work
adj superfluousSynonyms- superfluous
- extra
- surplus
- excessive
- unnecessary
- unwanted
- inordinate
- inessential
- supernumerary
- de trop
- supererogatory
Antonyms- needed
- necessary
- essential
- vital
adj tautologicalSynonyms- tautological
- wordy
- repetitious
- verbose
- padded
- diffuse
- prolix
- iterative
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
Synonyms for redundantadj using or containing an excessive number of wordsSynonyms- diffuse
- long-winded
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
- prolix
- verbose
- wordy
Synonyms for redundantadj more than is needed, desired, or requiredSynonyms- excess
- extra
- supererogatory
- supernumerary
- surplus
- superfluous
- spare
Related Wordsadj repetition of same sense in different wordsSynonyms- pleonastic
- tautologic
- tautological
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