What does redundant mean?
Definitions for redundant
rɪˈdʌn dəntre·dun·dant
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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
Wiktionary
redundantadjective
Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
redundantadjective
(Of speech, writing) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
redundantadjective
Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
redundantadjective
Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
Etymology: From redundans, present participle of, from + undo, from.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
REDUNDANTadjective
Etymology: redundans, Latin.
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.
Where the author is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched; when he trifles, abandon those passages. Isaac Watts.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Redundantadjective
exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food
Redundantadjective
using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic
Wikidata
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
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'redundant' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4599
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'redundant' in Adjectives Frequency: #904
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of redundant in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of redundant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of redundant in a Sentence
So it kind of seems redundant to have a post-match interview in front of a press room where the players, especially if they've lost, are being asked really arbitrary questions which everybody knows the answer to.
These are the kinds of Achilles' heels that show up and can create enormous risks even for systems that are designed to be redundant.
This redundant and vindictive indictment is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make headlines.
We oppose a separate engine standard, which we believe is redundant because improvements in engine efficiency would be reflected in a complete vehicle assessment, an overly stringent engine standard also could force manufacturers to introduce technologies and design changes before they are fully ready to do so.
Criminal lawyer. Or is that redundant?
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- redundantCatalan, Valencian
- nadbytečnýCzech
- overflødigDanish
- redundant, überflüssigGerman
- πλεονάζων, περίσσιος, παραπανίσιοςGreek
- superfluo, redundanteSpanish
- redondantFrench
- निरर्थकHindi
- terjengő, feleslegesHungarian
- ավելորդArmenian
- ridondante, iperverboso, copioso, sovrabbondante, pleonasticoItalian
- 冗長Japanese
- ზედმეტი, ნამეტი, ჭარბი, გადამეტებული, სიტყვამრავალი, გაჭიანურებული, სიტყვაგრძელიGeorgian
- achterhaald, overtollig, overbodigDutch
- overflødig, redundantNorwegian
- nadmiarowy, nadmiernyPolish
- redundantePortuguese
- излишнийRussian
- zalihosan, redundantanSerbo-Croatian
- överflödigSwedish
- ihtiyaçtan fazla, gereğinden fazla, lüzumundan fazla, yedek, fazlaTurkish
- 多餘的Chinese
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