redundant

Meaning

1. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
2. Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
3. (Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
4. Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
5. Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.

Synonyms

superfluous

surplus

pleonastic

unnecessary

excessive

extra

spare

tautological

supernumerary

needless

dispensable

verbose

excess

supererogatory

tautologic

repetitious

useless

in excess

unemployed

prolix

unneeded

jobless

unwanted

wordy

out of work

residue

repeated

repeatedly

roundabout

successively

too much

unasked

uncalled for

uncalled-for

unsolicited

voluble

laid off

on the dole

hyperstatic

unrequired

statically indeterminate

redundance code

tautologous

again

🔁

statical indetermination

balance

dead

💀

diffuse

discursive

duplicate

Translations

redondant

ridondante

redundante

redundant

überflüssig

excesivo

redundante

redundant

supérfluo

desnecessário

superflu

excessivo

superfluo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/

Etymology

From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).