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redundant

re·dun·dant [ ri dúndənt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. superfluous: not or no longer needed or wanted

2. repeating meaning: with the same meaning as a word used elsewhere in a passage and without a rhetorical purpose

3. backup: fitted as a backup component or system

4. U.K. dismissed from work: dismissed from employment because the job or the worker has been deemed no longer necessary

[Late 16th century. < Latin redundant-, present participle of redundare "overflow" < undare "rise in waves" < unda "wave"]

re·dun·dant·ly adverb
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