/ rɪˈdʌndənt; NAmE / adjective
1.
( BrE ) ( of a person ) without a job because there is no more work available for you in a company :
to be made redundant from your job
redundant employees
2.
not needed or useful :
The picture has too much redundant detail.
► re·dun·dant·ly adverb
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the sense abundant ): from Latin redundant- surging up, from the verb redundare surge, from re(d)- again + unda a wave.