redundant Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite more than is needed, desired, or required
supererogatory; extra; surplus; spare; excess; superfluous; supernumerary.
- 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
adjective satellite repetition of same sense in different words
pleonastic; tautological; tautologic.
- `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

L. redundans, -antis, p. pr. of redundare: cf. F. redondant. See Redound.

Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.
Notwithstanding the redundant oil in fishes, they do not increase fat so much as flesh. Arbuthnot.
Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.
Where an suthor is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched. I. Watts.
Syn. -- Superfluous; superabundant; excessive; exuberant; overflowing; plentiful; copious.