Definitions for Redundant
rɪˈdʌn dəntre·dun·dant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective

   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"

2. pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautologicaladjective

   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.Conant

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. redundantadjective

   Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.

2. redundantadjective

   (Of speech, writing) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.

3. redundantadjective

   Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.

4. redundantadjective

   Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.

5. Etymology: From redundans, present participle of, from + undo, from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REDUNDANTadjective

   Etymology: redundans, Latin.

   1. Superabundant; exuberant; superfluous.

   His head,
   With burnish’d neck of verdant gold, erect
   Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass
   Floated redundant. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix.

   Notwithstanding the redundant oil in fishes, they do not encrease fat so much as flesh. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   2. Using more words or images than are useful.

   Where the author is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched; when he trifles, abandon those passages. Isaac Watts.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Redundant

   Redundant is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the third single from their fifth album, Nimrod (1997), and serves as the fourth track from that album. The song failed to match the chart positions of its predecessors but did reach number two in Australia when it was reissued as a double A-side with "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", becoming the band's highest-charting single there. It is one of few Green Day songs in which vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong uses an effects pedal.

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1. redundant

   Redundant refers to something that is unnecessary or excessive because it is more than what is needed or required. It can also refer to something that is repetitive or duplicates something else already present. In other cases, it can refer to a role or position that is no longer needed or relevant.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Redundantadjective

   exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food

2. Redundantadjective

   using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Redundant

   "Redundant" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the third single from their fifth album, Nimrod. The song failed to match the impressive chart positions of its predecessors, despite an ambitious music video. It is one of few Green Day songs in which vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong uses an effects pedal.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Redundant' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4599

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Redundant' in Adjectives Frequency: #904

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Redundant in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Redundant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Redundant in a Sentence

1. James Acton:

   Like all nuclear power plants, Zaporizhzhia contains various redundant safety systems, which under normal circumstances are highly effective, the problem is that nuclear power plants are not designed for war zones and, under plausible circumstances, all these systems could fail.

2. Will Durst:

   Criminal lawyer. Or is that redundant?

3. Chuck Michel:

   For years San Francisco politicians have inappropriately blamed licensed and inspected gun retailers for violence actually caused by gangs, drugs, and sanctuary city laws, the City has imposed a crushing burden of redundant and pointless regulatory red-tape on firearm retailers, all in an effort to put them out of business. Now they have gotten their wish.

4. Amit Yoran:

   I do think it is redundant.

5. Mark Geragos:

   This redundant and vindictive indictment is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make headlines.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Redundant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Redundant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Redundant
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Redundant
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Redundant
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Redundant