redundant

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From Latin redundans, present participle of redundare (to overflow, redound), from red- (again, back) + undo (to surge, flood), from unda (a wave).

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redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)

  1. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
  2. (Of speech, writing) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
  3. (chiefly UK) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
  4. (chiefly computing) Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.

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redundant

  1. redundant

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redundant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of redundō

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redundant m., n.

  1. redundant

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