redundant
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin redundantia (“‘overflowing, redundancy’”), from undo (“‘surge, flood’”)
[edit] Adjective
redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)
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- Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
- Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
- (mainly UK and Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
- (mainly computing) Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
[edit] Translations
superfluous
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[edit] German
[edit] Adjective
redundant
- redundant
