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UK
/ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
]
[ US /ɹɪˈdəndənt/ ]
[ US /ɹɪˈdəndənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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repetition of same sense in different words
at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition
the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological
`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions -
more than is needed, desired, or required
extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
found some extra change lying on the dresser
supernumerary ornamentation
sleeping in the spare room
trying to lose excess weight
surplus cheese distributed to the needy
skills made redundant by technological advance
delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
it was supererogatory of her to gloat
How To Use redundant In A Sentence
- There are a few plotlines and characters - Sophie's mother in particular - that are somewhat redundant and unnecessary.
- Finally, the Clerk involves voters in facilitating not only recounts and redundant checks but revotes as well.
- The council claimed its ambition to support the results of the scheme financially could not be achieved unless more than 120 employees were made redundant.
- From his side of the racial divide, the ordeal of mobilization proved simply redundant.
- I was made redundant and now have to rely on my daughter financially. The Sun
- Many Roman traditions and institutions also disappeared or simply became redundant in the process, not least the arenas and amphitheatres for the circuses and games once supported by the state and municipal authorities.
- Architects were needed to transform buildings made redundant by the Revolution, such as churches, into buildings serving new public needs.
- Some people who are made redundant get another job or become economically inactive. Times, Sunday Times
- Remember also that many disk and other utility programs are incompatible, this is not necessarily a problem as they are largely redundant.
- Most of these duplicated segments are doomed to oblivion, because any proteins their genes produce are redundant.
