Redundant
[rɪ'dʌnd(ə)nt] or [rɪ'dʌndənt]
Definition
(a.) Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.
(a.) Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Excessive, superabundant, exuberant, superfluous, in excess, expletive.[2]. Diffuse.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Superfluous, excessive, unnecessary, overflowing, luxuriant
ANT:Requisite, defective, necessary
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Superfluous; needless; de trop.
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Examples
- They were just beneath the wide white facade, with its rich restraint of line, which suggested the clever corseting of a redundant figure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- When the nitrogen was exhausted and the redundant oxygen removed, only a small bubble of air remained unabsorbed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The trade to the East Indies, if it were altogether free, would probably absorb the greater part of this redundant capital. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Emanuel entered with his vehement burst of latch and panel, and his deep, redundant bowprophetic of choler. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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