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Antonyms for redundant

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-duhn-duhnt
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdʌn dənt

Definition of redundant

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Latin redundantem (nominative redundans), present participle of redundare, literally "overflow, pour over; be over-full;" figuratively "be in excess," from re- "again" (see re-) + undare "rise in waves," from unda "a wave" (see water (n.1)). Of persons, in employment situations, from 1928, chiefly British. Related: Redundantly.
  • adj excessive; repetitious
Example sentences :
  • Its attributes of youth are the activity and eager life with which it is redundant.
  • Extract from : « Sketches from Memory » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • And this rosiness, so like redundant vigor, was it not the flush of her hot task?
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • Nor is the term Olympus as applied to these hills a redundant flight of fancy.
  • Extract from : « Legends of Wailuku » by Charlotte Hapai
  • The neck of the flap is sure to be redundant and prominent, but can be pared.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell
  • The redundant use of the personal pronoun with the relative is common.
  • Extract from : « History of Phoenicia » by George Rawlinson
  • Nature has been bountiful to that island, for there is redundant verdure on every side.
  • Extract from : « Shifting Winds » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Just so; they rid the country of the trop plein, and prevent a redundant population.
  • Extract from : « Economic Sophisms » by Frederic Bastiat
  • This redundant use of as in statements of time is not uncommon.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet » by William Shakespeare
  • The 'smart man' is a type of American society, and a redundant type.
  • Extract from : « Rogues and Vagabonds » by George R. Sims
  • They are vestiges of the redundant practice of former times.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

Synonyms for redundant

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