redundant

re·dun·dant  (r-dndnt)

adj.

1. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.

2. Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression: a student paper filled with redundant phrases.

3. Of or relating to linguistic redundancy.

4. Chiefly British Dismissed or laid off from work, as for being no longer needed.

5. Electronics Of or involving redundancy in electronic equipment.

6. Of or involving redundancy in the transmission of messages.

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[Latin redundns, redundant-, present participle of redundre, to overflow : re-, red-, re- + undre, to surge (from unda, wave; see wed-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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re·dundant·ly adv.

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redundant [rɪˈdʌndənt]

adj

1. surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous

2. verbose or tautological

3. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary for efficient operation he has been made redundant

4. (Engineering / General Engineering) (Electronics) (of components, information, etc.) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc.

[from Latin redundans overflowing, from redundāre to run back, stream over; see redound]

redundantly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	redundant - 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" excess, extra, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus, superfluous, spare unnecessary, unneeded - not necessary
	2.	redundant - 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 pleonastic, tautologic, tautological prolix - tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"

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redundant

adjective

1. jobless, dismissed, sacked, unemployed, laid off, out of work a redundant miner

2. superfluous, extra, surplus, excessive, unnecessary, unwanted, inordinate, inessential, supernumerary, de trop (French), supererogatory the conversion of redundant buildings to residential use
superfluous needed, necessary, essential, vital

3. tautological, wordy, repetitious, verbose, padded, diffuse, prolix, iterative, periphrastic, pleonastic The last couplet collapses into redundant adjectives.

Translations

redundant [rɪˈdʌndənt] ADJ

1. (= superfluous) → superfluo
to be redundant → estar de más

2. (Gram) → redundante

3. (Brit) [worker] → sin trabajo, parado
to be made redundant → ser despedido(por reducción de plantilla), quedar sin trabajo
he was made redundant in 1999 → lo despidieron en 1999, quedó sin trabajo en 1999
automation may make some workers redundant → la automatización puede hacer que varios obreros pierdan sus puestos

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redundant [rɪˈdʌndənt] adj

(British) [worker] → licencié(e)
to be made redundant [worker] → être licencié(e)
He was made redundant yesterday → Il a été licencié hier.

[detail, object] → superflu(e); [term] → obsolète; [institution, skills, building] → devenu(e) inutile
red wine n → vin m rouge

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redundant

adj

→ überflüssig; land → überschüssig; style → zu wortreich, redundant (geh); several redundant buildings have been demolished → mehrere Gebäude, die nicht mehr gebraucht werden, sind abgerissen worden

(Brit Ind: = out of work) → arbeitslos; to make somebody redundant → jdn entlassen, jdn freisetzen; to become/to be made redundant → den Arbeitsplatz verlieren; he found himself redundant → er war plötzlich ohne Arbeitsplatz

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redundant [rɪˈdʌnd/ənt] adj (Brit) (worker) → licenziato/a (per esubero di personale); (detail, object) → superfluo/a (Literature) → ridondante
to be made redundant (worker) → essere licenziato/a (perché in esubero)

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redundant

adj redundant [rəˈdandənt]

(of workers) no longer employed because there is no longer any job for them where they used to work Fifty men have just been made redundant at the local factory. oortollig زائِد، عاطِل عن العَمَل излишен přebytečný afskediget freigesetzt πλεονάζων, υπεράριθμος, απολυμένος despedido koondatud مازاد بر احتیاج؛ زائد irtisanottu licencié מְיוּתָר बेकार, अतिरिक्त višak (radne snage) létszám fölötti dipecat atvinnulaus licenziato 失業した (노동자가) 과잉의 atliekamas, nebereikalingas lieks; nevajadzīgs; zaudējis darbu (štatu samazināšanas dēļ) diberhentikan overtollig overflødig zbyteczny, zwolniony z pracy despedido disponibilizat лишний prebytočný odvečen suvišan överflödig, övertalig, friställd มากเกินไป gereksiz (olan), ihtiyaç fazlası 因人力過剩而被解雇的(員工) звільнений, скорочений زاءد thất nghiệp 多余的

n reˈdundancy

There have been a lot of redundancies at the local factory recently; the problem of redundancy. oortolligheid زيادَه عن الحاجَه излишък nadstav afskedigelse Überfluß πλεονασμός, απόλυση despido koondamine, liiasus بخش زائد؛ بیش از حد نیاز irtisanominen licenciement כְּפִילוּת फिजुल zalihost létszámfelesleg kelebihan, kelimpahan atvinnuleysi licenziamento 解雇 과잉 atleidimas ið darbo, perteklius štatu samazināšana; darbu zaudējušais pemberhentian overtolligheid overflødighet, overflod zbyteczność, zwolnienie z pracy despedimento disponibilizare излишек nadbytok preobilica suvišnost övertalighet ความซ้ำซาก fazlalık, gereksizlik 多餘 скорочення робітників زیادتی tình trạng thất nghiệp 多余

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redundant → مطنب propuštěný z práce overflødig arbeitslos πλεονάζων superfluo irtisanottu licencié suvišan superfluo 余剰人員として解雇された 해고 당한 overtollig overflødig zbyteczny despedido, redundante избыточный överflödig ซึ่งออกจากงาน işten çıkarılmış bị cho thôi việc 多余的