adj.
Pronunciation: -d ə nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin redundant-, redundans, present participle of redundare to overflow ― more at REDOUND
Date: 1594
1 a : exceeding what is necessary or normal : SUPERFLUOUS b : characterized by or containing an excess specifically : using more words than necessary c : characterized by similarity or repetition <a group of particularly redundant brick buildings> d chiefly British : no longer needed for a job and hence laid off
2 : PROFUSE , LAVISH
3 : serving as a duplicate for preventing failure of an entire system (as a spacecraft) upon failure of a single component
– re · dun · dant · ly adverb