redundancy
Other forms: redundancies
Use the noun redundancy to refer to something that's needlessly repeated. As much as you hate the redundancy of math drills, you have to admit that repetition is how you learned to multiply in the first place.
The noun redundancy can also refer to something that is unneeded, or extra. If you own a circus and you want to keep costs down by eliminating redundancy, you may decide you only need two clowns, rather than the whole carload of clowns you planned on. Redundancy comes from the Latin word redundare, meaning to surge, or literally to overflow.
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the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded“the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers”
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synonyms:
redundance
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types:
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deadwood, fifth wheel
someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
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type of:
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embarrassment, overplus, plethora, superfluity
extreme excess
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deadwood, fifth wheel
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repetition of an act needlessly
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type of:
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repeating, repetition
the act of doing or performing again
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repeating, repetition
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repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
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repetitiousness, repetitiveness
verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
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repetitiousness, repetitiveness
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(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails
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type of:
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configuration, constellation
an arrangement of parts or elements
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configuration, constellation
Vocabulary lists containing redundancy
In the city of Baltese, a magician conjures an elephant out thin air and forever changes the lives of many people, including orphans Peter and Adele.
When Nora gets lost while exploring a canyon, she must fight to survive and to find her father.
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