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As an adjective, redundant means superfluous.
Meanings of redundant
6 meaningsadjective
Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
of wordswritingetcRepetitive or needlessly wordy.
chiefly britishnzauDismissed from employment because no longer needed.
“Four employees were made redundant.”
Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
More than is needed, desired, or required
“trying to lose excess weight”
“found some extra change lying on the dresser”
“yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant”
Similar: excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumeraryRepetition of same and identical sense with different and non-identical words
“‘a true fact’ and ‘a free gift’ are pleonastic expressions”
“the phrase ‘a beginner who has just started’ is tautological”
“at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition”
Similar: pleonastic, tautologic, tautological
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).