REDUNDANT


Meaning of REDUNDANT in English

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

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