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    re·dun·dant
    [rəˈdənd(ə)nt]
    adjective
    redundant (adjective)
    1. not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous:
      "many of the old skills had become redundant" · "this redundant brewery has been converted into a library"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        (of a person) no longer employed because there is no more work available:
        "eight permanent staff were made redundant"
      • (of words or data) able to be omitted without loss of meaning or function:
        "our peculiar affection for redundant phrases" · "most of the inflectional endings are redundant"
      • engineering
        (of a component) not strictly necessary to functioning but included in case of failure in another component:
        "the modules are linked using a redundant fiber-optic cable"
    Origin
    late 16th century (in the sense ‘abundant’): from Latin redundant- ‘surging up’, from the verb redundare (see redound).
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    adjective
    1. not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous:
      unnecessary
      inessential
      unessential
      needless
      unneeded
      dispensable
      disposable
      expendable
      unwanted
      useless
      surplus
      superfluous
      supernumerary
      excessive
      extra
      additional
      spare
      de trop
      not required
      uncalled for
      surplus to requirements
      too much/many
      in excess
      needed like a hole in the head
      Opposite:
      essential
      necessary
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