redundant

adjective

ri-ˈdən-dənt How to pronounce redundant (audio)
Definition of redundantnext
as in extra
being over what is needed this area is already chockablock with shopping malls; another one would be redundant

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Recent Examples of redundant Skip the redundant blanket and use that space for a pair of these plush, comfortable socks instead. — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026 The Professional is a sly inversion of — and indulgent celebration of — action cliches, made at a time when action movies were ubiquitous but often redundant, featuring a succession of distinctly European stars like Schwarzenegger and Van Damme. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026 Koen also took issue with the coalition’s financial record-keeping and said its rental assistance program is redundant to West Valley Community Services’ program. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 An amendment proposed by Supervisor Holly Mitchell to take steps to ensure that the office’s work would not be redundant with that done by other county entities was accepted before the vote. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for redundant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundant
  1. extra
  2. surplus
  3. excess
  4. spare
  5. superfluous
  6. unnecessary
Adjective
  • There have been scattered instances of athletes returning to their previous school for the extra season, including two LSU women’s soccer players who are part of the case.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The closure channeled extra traffic to and then backed up I-285 northbound on both sides of town from well before its two I-20 intersections.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of extra
Adjective
  • Washington wants surplus countries to reduce their surpluses by redistributing income to the household sector.
    — MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The battery will capture surplus solar electricity produced during daylight hours.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of surplus
Adjective
  • The kidneys reabsorb the nutrients and excrete the excess or waste.
    — Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 31 Aug. 2026
  • When oil prices are really high, oil companies can make a lot of excess profits.
    — Julia Simon, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of excess
Adjective
  • India still relies on Russia for some weapons and spare parts, but Moscow’s capacity to balance China has diminished.
    — C. Raja Mohan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Before the Medicaid cuts passed, a huge lobbying campaign to spare hospitals didn’t stop the law — and the cuts in some ways became more severe as lobbyists pressed lawmakers to reel them back.
    — Daniel Payne, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of spare
Adjective
  • The downside is that these shifts are not situations where instinctual actions are superfluous.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The gruesome, grisly details were superfluous, unlike an earlier obituary style in which the how sometimes seemed to predominate over the who, what, when, where, and why.
    — Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of superfluous
Adjective
  • Even with an unnecessary roughness penalty in the fourth, Shelley made his reps count, making five tackles and breaking up a deep pass from Rams quarterback Ty Simpson intended for Tyler Scott.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That is true, but making costly and unnecessary wars harder to start belongs in the credit column, not the debit one.
    — JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of unnecessary

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“Redundant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundant. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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