redundant (adj.)

  1. 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; skills made redundant by technological advance; sleeping in the spare room; supernumerary ornamentation; it was supererogatory of her to gloat; delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words; extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts; surplus cheese distributed to the needy

    [ Syn: excess , extra , spare , supererogatory , superfluous , supernumerary , surplus ]

  2. repetition of same sense in different 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- J.B.Conant

    [ Syn: pleonastic , tautologic , tautological ]

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