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| re·dun·dant [ ri dúndənt ] |
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1. superfluous: not or no longer needed or wanted
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2. repeating meaning: with the same meaning as a word used elsewhere in a passage and without a rhetorical purpose
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3. backup: fitted as a backup component or system
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4. U.K. dismissed from work: dismissed from employment because the job or the worker has been deemed no longer necessary
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| [Late 16th century. < Latin redundant-, present participle of redundare "overflow" < undare "rise in waves" < unda "wave"] |
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  re·dun·dant·ly adverb |
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