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re·dun·dant ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-dndnt)
adj.
Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression: a student paper filled with redundant phrases.
Of or relating to linguistic redundancy.
Chiefly British. Dismissed or laid off from work, as for being no longer needed.
Electronics. Of or involving redundancy in electronic equipment.
Of or involving redundancy in the transmission of messages.