ALL meanings of redundant
re·dun·dant
R r - adjective redundant being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural: a redundant part. 1
- adjective redundant having some unusual or extra part or feature. 1
- adjective redundant characterized by superabundance or superfluity: lush, redundant vegetation. 1
- adjective redundant Engineering. (of a structural member) not necessary for resisting statically determined stresses. (of a structure) having members designed to resist other than statically determined stresses; hyperstatic. noting a complete truss having additional members for resisting eccentric loads. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3). (of a device, circuit, computer system, etc.) having excess or duplicate parts that can continue to perform in the event of malfunction of some of the parts. 1
- adjective redundant Linguistics. characterized by redundancy; predictable. 1
- adjective redundant Computers. containing more bits or characters than are required, as a parity bit inserted for checking purposes. 1
- adjective redundant Chiefly British. removed or laid off from a job. 1
- adjective redundant laid off 1
- adjective redundant uselessly repeated 1
- adjective redundant backup by duplication 1
- adjective redundant not needed 1
- adjective redundant characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style. 1
- adjective redundant If you are made redundant, your employer tells you to leave because your job is no longer necessary or because your employer cannot afford to keep paying you. 0
- adjective redundant Something that is redundant is no longer needed because its job is being done by something else or because its job is no longer necessary or useful. 0
- adjective redundant surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous 0
- adjective redundant verbose or tautological 0
- adjective redundant deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary for efficient operation 0
- adjective redundant (of components, information, etc) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc 0
- adjective redundant more than enough; overabundant; excess; superfluous 0
- adjective redundant using more words than are needed; wordy 0
- adjective redundant unnecessary to the meaning 0
- adjective redundant laid off from work as no longer needed; discharged; dismissed 0