Synonyms for redundant
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ri-duhn-duhnt |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdʌn dənt |
Top 10 synonyms for redundant
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for redundant
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