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| 1. | [ adjective ] more than is needed, desired, or required | |
| Synonyms: | surplus extra excess spare superfluous supernumerary supererogatory | |
| Examples: | "trying to lose excess weight" "found some extra change" "another book on heraldry might be thought redundant" "sleeping in the spare room" "supernumerary ornamentation" "delete superfluous words" |
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| Related terms: | unnecessary | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] use of more words than required to express an idea | |
| Synonyms: | wordy | |
| Examples: | "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident" "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious" |
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| Related terms: | prolix | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] repetition of same sense in different words | |
| Synonyms: | tautologic tautological pleonastic | |
| Examples: | "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions" "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological" "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant |
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| Related terms: | prolix | |
| Similar spelling: |
redundancy redundance redound Redonda reddened Redondo |
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