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redundant

Main Entry:: re·dun·dant
Pronunciation:: \-dənt\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Latin redundant-, redundans, present participle of redundare to overflow — more at redound
Date:: 1594

1 a: exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous b: characterized by or containing an excess; specifically : using more words than necessary c: characterized by similarity or repetition <a group of particularly redundant brick buildings> dchiefly British : no longer needed for a job and hence laid off2: profuse, lavish3: serving as a duplicate for preventing failure of an entire system (as a spacecraft) upon failure of a single component

— re·dun·dant·ly adverb

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