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    [Adjective]  | "re*dun*dant" | \ ri-ˈdən-dənt \


    1: exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous

    2: characterized by or containing an excess; specifically : using more words than necessary

    3: characterized by similarity or repetition


    Origin: 1594 ;

     Latin redundant-, redundans, present participle of redundare to overflow {mat|redound|};

    [Idiom]  | "make redundant" 


    1: to dismiss (a person who is no longer needed) from a job

    [Adjective]  | "redundant" 


    1: being over what is needed;


      * e.g., " ... this area is already chockablock with shopping malls; another one would be redundant "



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     [ "redundant" ]

    1: Excessive, unnecessary, superfluous (exceeding what is necessary). Perhaps the opposite of oxymoronic (a juxtaposition of two seemingly contradictory meanings).

      * e.g.,  ... Just a few redundant phrases: ATM Machine ("Automatic Teller Machine Machine") 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: see "redundant"

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: extra, not needed.

      * e.g.,  ... His definition for 'common sense' was a bit redundant. 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: needlessly repetitive

      * e.g.,  ... Those queers are gay. 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: syn. superfluous

      * e.g.,  ... 18 nearly identical definitions of the same stupid, not all that funny word -- teabag.  

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: an awesome green day song that has good guitar sounds; the song is very lovesick; the premise is about a relationship where things are getting stale and the lovers dont know what to do to make things better

      * e.g.,  ... No I cannot speak, 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: it means extra, not needed

      * e.g.,  ... examples of redundant statements: 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: this definition.

      * e.g.,  ... "that definition was redundant" 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: extra, not needed, irrelevant, waste

      * e.g.,  ... Juan is so redundant that there should be a petition to have him fired 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: Smug way of telling someone that something is repeating itself.

      * e.g.,  ... WORKER:Taking out the trash twice a day is rather redundant boss. 

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