Meaning & Definition of Redundant in English

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"

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