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redundant
[ ri-duhn-duhnt ]
adjective
- exceeding what is needed or useful; superfluous:
You can shorten the article by omitting these redundant paragraphs.
I decided that a sixth pair of dress shoes was redundant.
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- characterized by unnecessary words or repetition; verbose:
He writes in a redundant style.
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- serving or added as a backup; extra:
If the latch fails on this backwards-opening car hood, the wind will blow it down rather than up, so a redundant latch is not needed.
- having one or more extra or duplicate parts or features:
The genetic code is redundant, meaning that more than one codon can map to the same amino acid.
- Chiefly British. (of a worker) laid off or unemployed:
If the mine were to close, the result would be 183 redundant workers.
- Computers.
- (of code, or of a signal communicating a message) including or encoding more than the required information, so as to provide a fallback, a means of validating data, an accommodation for different platforms, etc.
- (of network or system components) providing an additional traffic path or storage place for data, so that if one fails, the other can take over or serve as backup.
- Engineering.
- (of a structural member or part) designed to withstand stresses greater than or different from those that can be calculated or predicted.
- (of a structure) having members or parts designed to withstand stresses that cannot be calculated or predicted.
- (of a complete truss) having additional members enabling it to withstand loads that are not centered. Compare complete ( def 8 ), incomplete ( def 3 ).
- (of a device, circuit, etc.) having extra or duplicate parts that can serve as a backup in case other parts malfunction.
- Linguistics. including or encoding more information than is necessary for communication: for example, in my three sons, the plural ending "-s" on sons is redundant because three already indicates plurality.
- extremely lush or abundant:
The jungle, with its exuberant, redundant vegetation, hides bizarre and exotic creatures.
redundant
/ 谤瑟藞诲蕦苍诲蓹苍迟 /
adjective
- surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous
- verbose or tautological
- deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary for efficient operation
he has been made redundant
- (of components, information, etc) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc
Derived Forms
- 谤别藞诲耻苍诲补苍迟濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 谤别路诲耻苍路诲补苍迟路濒测 adverb
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of redundant1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of redundant1
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Example Sentences
But what was initially a fresh challenge after being made redundant has manifested into a life-changing passion that has led to positive change for women in sport.
"It wasn't until seven years ago that I had a massive wake-up call and realised the loud, energetic greengrocer persona I was on the telly was, maybe, becoming redundant. So I changed."
Currently without a track, their sport's looming extinction could render moral arguments about a ban redundant.
The plot on the industrial estate is still made up of redundant, unused, offices.
A food bank which provides thousands of free meals to struggling families each week said it had been forced to make most of its staff redundant due to a funding shortage.
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