redundant
21redundant — adjective 1 BrE if you are redundant your employer no longer has a job for you: make sb redundant: Seventy factory workers were made redundant in the resulting cuts. 2 not necessary because something else does the same thing: The word gradually… …
22redundant — /rɪ dʌndənt/ adjective 1. more than is needed, useless ● a redundant clause in a contract ● The new legislation has made clause 6 redundant. ● Retraining can help workers whose old skills have become redundant. 2. ♦ to make someone redundant to… …
23redundant — re•dun•dant [[t]rɪˈdʌn dənt[/t]] adj. 1) characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas 2) exceeding what is usual or necessary: a redundant part[/ex] 3) superabundant or superfluous: lush, redundant vegetation[/ex] 4)… …
24redundant — adjective Etymology: Latin redundant , redundans, present participle of redundare to overflow more at redound Date: 1594 1. a. exceeding what is necessary or normal ; superfluous b. characterized by or containing an excess; specifically using… …
25redundant — re|dun|dant [ rı dʌndənt ] adjective 1. ) not needed: Computers have made our paper records redundant. 2. ) BRITISH if someone is redundant, they have been told they must leave their job because they are no longer needed 3. ) TECHNICAL designed… …
26redundant — dismissed from employment Originally meaning, in superabundance, which an individual made redundant can hardly be: And now they ve turned you out? he asked Who said they had? I thought you said something about being made redundant.… …
27redundant — adjective redundant churches Syn: unnecessary, not required, unneeded, surplus (to requirements), superfluous Ant: necessary Phrases: make someone redundant …
28redundant — /rəˈdʌndənt / (say ruh dunduhnt) adjective 1. being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural: a redundant part. 2. characterised by or using too many words to express ideas: a redundant style. 3. denoting or relating to an employee who is or …
29redundant — adjective a) Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary. b) (Of speech, writing) Repetitive or needlessly wordy. Ant: non redundant See Also …
30redundant — re·dun·dant ri dən dənt adj characterized by or containing an excess or superfluous amount <redundant pharyngeal tissue> …
