redundant meaning and definition

REDUNDANT adjective

Definition of redundant (adjective)

1. more than is needed, desired, or required
   • "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
   • synonyms: excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
2. repetition of same sense in different words
   • "`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
   • synonyms: pleonastic, tautologic, tautological