āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
redundant
/ÉšÉĒdËĘndÉnt/
redundant
01
āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤, āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ
surpassing what is needed or required, and so, no longer of use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They removed redundant parts from the machine to improve efficiency.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
1.1
āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤, āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ
(of words or phrases) repetitive and unnecessary
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was asked to remove redundant words from his writing to make it more concise.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
1.2
āĻŦāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤
no longer employed because there is no more work available or the position is no longer necessary
Dialect
British
BritishāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company had to make several employees redundant due to budget cuts.
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻĒ
referring to a system or component that is duplicated or has backup to increase reliability or safety
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Engineers designed the bridge with redundant supports to enhance its structural integrity.
āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻ¤ āĻ
āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
redundant
redund
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
