redundant
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"

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"

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

Related terms: prolix
Similar spelling:   redundancy
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