redundant

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   No longer needed or useful; more than is necessary.

   With the new software, half the old steps became redundant.

2. 2
   adj

   Having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you.

   Four employees were made redundant when the factory closed.

3. 3
   adj

   Using more words than necessary; repetitive.

   The phrase "free gift" is redundant, since a gift is always free.

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

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