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The word redundant applies to things that are unnecessary or could be left out. Calling a blank sheet of paper empty is redundant.
Teachers often tell students to avoid being redundant — meaning avoid saying something twice or more. Have you ever heard someone tell a story and repeat the same thing over and over? The repeated parts are redundant. Sometimes being redundant can make things clear, but it can also be annoying. Redundant can apply to anything that's overflowing or unnecessary. If a business has two stores on the same street, one is redundant. When you hear redundant, think "Too much!"
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more than is needed, desired, or required“yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant”“skills made redundant by technological advance”
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synonyms:
excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
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unnecessary, unneeded
not necessary
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unnecessary, unneeded
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repeating the same sense in different words“"at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant”
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synonyms:
pleonastic, tautologic, tautological
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prolix
tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
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prolix
Vocabulary lists containing redundant
In this fourth book of the series The Trials of Apollo, Lester joins the Roman demigods in their search for the tomb of an undead king.
Because his family is in witness protection, fifteen-year-old Nick Pearson (not his real name) is supposed to remain low-key, but he has trouble doing that when another member of the Stepton High newspaper uncovers some secrets.
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