redundant

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɹɪˈdɐn.dənt/ UK /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #18103

Meanings

1

adj
No longer needed or useful; more than is necessary.

With the new software, half the old steps became redundant.
2

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

Four employees were made redundant when the factory closed.
3

adj
Using more words than necessary; repetitive.

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · no longer needed or useful;... extra

3 adj · using more words than... pleonastic

More acervatimadscititiousdropsical duplicate excessive exorbitant expletive extraneous extravagant gash gorged

Opposites

inadequate lacking needednon-redundant

Word family

Derived forms georedundantirredundantnonredundantredundantantredundantlyredundundantreredundantsemiredundant

Related forms drenchedexpendable redound redundance redundancy turgid

Etymology

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

*wed- Proto-Indo-European redundāns Latin

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# redundant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈdɐn.dənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/
**Frequency rank:** 18103

## Meanings
1. No longer needed or useful; more than is necessary.
2. Having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you.
3. Using more words than necessary; repetitive.

## Examples
- With the new software, half the old steps became redundant.
- Four employees were made redundant when the factory closed.
- The phrase "free gift" is redundant, since a gift is always free.

## Synonyms
- acervatim
- adscititious
- dropsical
- duplicate
- excessive
- exorbitant
- expletive
- extra
- extraneous
- extravagant
- gash
- gorged

## Antonyms
- inadequate
- lacking
- needed
- non-redundant

## Derived Forms
- georedundant
- irredundant
- nonredundant
- redundantant
- redundantly
- redundundant
- reredundant
- semiredundant

## Related Forms
- drenched
- expendable
- redound
- redundance
- redundancy
- turgid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *wed-
- Root: redundāns

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

## AI Etymology
Redundant comes from Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”). Modern senses include no longer needed or useful; more than is necessary. and having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as georedundant, irredundant, nonredundant, redundantant, redundantly, and redundundant and related forms such as drenched, expendable, redound, and redundance.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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