Redundant
adjective
Not needed or more than is needed.
After the merger, many employees became redundant.
Often appears as...
- make redundant
- declare redundant
adjective
Repeating something else and therefore unnecessary.
To say the same thing again is redundant.
Often appears as...
- redundant statement
- redundant information
adjective
In technology, refers to a system which can continue to operate correctly even if some parts fail.
The redundant power supply mitigates the risk of system failure.
Often appears as...
- redundant power supply
- redundant system
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Technical
adjective
Being laid off from a job because your position is no longer needed.
Due to downsizing, several workers were made redundant.
Often appears as...
- made redundant
- redundancy package
adjective
Not needed or more than is needed.
After the merger, many employees became redundant.
Often appears as...
- make redundant
- declare redundant
adjective
Repeating something else and therefore unnecessary.
To say the same thing again is redundant.
Often appears as...
- redundant statement
- redundant information
adjective
In technology, refers to a system which can continue to operate correctly even if some parts fail.
The redundant power supply mitigates the risk of system failure.
Often appears as...
- redundant power supply
- redundant system
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Being laid off from a job because your position is no longer needed.
Due to downsizing, several workers were made redundant.
Often appears as...
- made redundant
- redundancy package
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Pro Tip 1/2Job Security
Implies you're no longer necessary for work, affecting feelings of job safety.
He feared becoming redundant after the automation upgrade.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid Excess
Use 'redundant' to suggest trimming excessive parts or roles.
The redundant procedures in our office could be removed.
Pro Tip 1/2Job Security
Implies you're no longer necessary for work, affecting feelings of job safety.
He feared becoming redundant after the automation upgrade.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid Excess
Use 'redundant' to suggest trimming excessive parts or roles.
The redundant procedures in our office could be removed.
Pro Tip 1/2Job Security
Implies you're no longer necessary for work, affecting feelings of job safety.
He feared becoming redundant after the automation upgrade.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid Excess
Use 'redundant' to suggest trimming excessive parts or roles.
The redundant procedures in our office could be removed.
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Lee Mokobe: A powerful...
they go away in high school hallways they are afraid of becoming another hashtag in a second afraid of classroom discussions becoming like judgment day and now oncoming traffic is embracing more transgender children than parents. I wonder how long it will be before the trans suicide notes start to feel redundant,
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Technology makes way for...
several thousand kenya telecom messengers who have be recently been made redundant so if you have winners and losers how do you persuade people that there is a better life how in a sense do you say to them there is a prize at the end of this there is paying but there is prize a prize at the end of
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The secret to great...
The network is redundant. Everybody that they know, you know. Or I hope you know them. Right? Your weak ties -- people you just met today -- they are your ticket to a whole new social world. The thing is that we have this amazing ticket to travel our social worlds, but we don't use it very well.
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Morgan Spurlock: The...
these people will be married to the film in perpetuity -- forever. And so the film explores this whole idea -- It's what? In perpetuity, forever? I'm a redundant person. That was more for emphasis. It was, "In perpetuity. Forever." But not only are we going to have the brand X title sponsor,
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I leapt from the...
and if I do nothing, the reserve parachute is going to open because of an automatic opening device. The suit itself can protect me from the cold. This area in the front here has thermal protection. It will actually heat water that will wrap around my body. It has two redundant oxygen tanks.
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Larry Brilliant: TED...
and hidden in the bowels of government, let's build an early detection system that's freely available to anyone in the world in their own language. Let's make it transparent, non-governmental, not owned by any single country or company, housed in a neutral country, with redundant backup
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How rollercoasters...
aren’t going anywhere soon. But today’s redundant restraints, 3D modeling and simulation software have made roller coasters safer and more thrilling than ever. Our precise knowledge about the limits of the human body have helped us build coasters that are faster, taller, and loopier
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The Collapse of West...
What's the way this could have been prevented? MATT The original designs for this bridge called for a suspension cable. But they decided to opt for a less redundant system with the eyebar chains, which allowed them to dramatically reduce the cost.
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The most notorious...
showing them to be redundant with other known species. Enraged, Cope tried to secure priority for new findings by announcing them via telegram. He even purchased a respected journal so future publications could be rushed into print.
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How I'm using LEGO to...
Think about this. The cultural products of an entire region of the world, as rich, as diverse, have been deemed redundant, if not ignored altogether.
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Lee Mokobe: A powerful...
they go away in high school hallways they are afraid of becoming another hashtag in a second afraid of classroom discussions becoming like judgment day and now oncoming traffic is embracing more transgender children than parents. I wonder how long it will be before the trans suicide notes start to feel redundant,
Video examples
Technology makes way for...
several thousand kenya telecom messengers who have be recently been made redundant so if you have winners and losers how do you persuade people that there is a better life how in a sense do you say to them there is a prize at the end of this there is paying but there is prize a prize at the end of
Video examples
The secret to great...
The network is redundant. Everybody that they know, you know. Or I hope you know them. Right? Your weak ties -- people you just met today -- they are your ticket to a whole new social world. The thing is that we have this amazing ticket to travel our social worlds, but we don't use it very well.
Video examples
Morgan Spurlock: The...
these people will be married to the film in perpetuity -- forever. And so the film explores this whole idea -- It's what? In perpetuity, forever? I'm a redundant person. That was more for emphasis. It was, "In perpetuity. Forever." But not only are we going to have the brand X title sponsor,
Video examples
I leapt from the...
and if I do nothing, the reserve parachute is going to open because of an automatic opening device. The suit itself can protect me from the cold. This area in the front here has thermal protection. It will actually heat water that will wrap around my body. It has two redundant oxygen tanks.
Video examples
Larry Brilliant: TED...
and hidden in the bowels of government, let's build an early detection system that's freely available to anyone in the world in their own language. Let's make it transparent, non-governmental, not owned by any single country or company, housed in a neutral country, with redundant backup
Video examples
How rollercoasters...
aren’t going anywhere soon. But today’s redundant restraints, 3D modeling and simulation software have made roller coasters safer and more thrilling than ever. Our precise knowledge about the limits of the human body have helped us build coasters that are faster, taller, and loopier
Video examples
The Collapse of West...
What's the way this could have been prevented? MATT The original designs for this bridge called for a suspension cable. But they decided to opt for a less redundant system with the eyebar chains, which allowed them to dramatically reduce the cost.
Video examples
The most notorious...
showing them to be redundant with other known species. Enraged, Cope tried to secure priority for new findings by announcing them via telegram. He even purchased a respected journal so future publications could be rushed into print.
Video examples
How I'm using LEGO to...
Think about this. The cultural products of an entire region of the world, as rich, as diverse, have been deemed redundant, if not ignored altogether.
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Quote examples
Rohini Nilekani
Indian Writer
In the ideal world, philanthropy should be redundant or at least it should be at the edges, as innovation or risk capital. But it's far from an ideal world; the wealthy are cornering more and more opportunities and resources from this planet. So, the big challenge for philanthropy is... can it engage with the distribution of wealth itself?
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
If you live in free countries, you don't have to spend all your life arguing about freedom because it is all around you. It seems redundant to make a lot of noise about something when, in fact, there it is. But if someone tries to remove it, it becomes important for you to formulate your own defenses of it.
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Mark Kozelek
American Musician
When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks, and there's always a certain level of tension in your life. The music business, and the travel that comes with it, is stressful, challenging, redundant, exhausting, exciting, and often very depressing.
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Donna Mills
American Actress
I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
To my ear, the term 'comic novelist' is as redundant and off-putting as the term 'literary novelist'.
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Alan Rudolph
American Director
Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement.
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Mitch Leigh
American Musician
To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant.
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Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
If two people always agree, one of them is redundant.
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Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
Being made redundant is a personal tragedy.
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Shobana
I should not become redundant or jaded.
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Rohini Nilekani
Indian Writer
In the ideal world, philanthropy should be redundant or at least it should be at the edges, as innovation or risk capital. But it's far from an ideal world; the wealthy are cornering more and more opportunities and resources from this planet. So, the big challenge for philanthropy is... can it engage with the distribution of wealth itself?
Quote examples
Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
If you live in free countries, you don't have to spend all your life arguing about freedom because it is all around you. It seems redundant to make a lot of noise about something when, in fact, there it is. But if someone tries to remove it, it becomes important for you to formulate your own defenses of it.
Quote examples
Mark Kozelek
American Musician
When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks, and there's always a certain level of tension in your life. The music business, and the travel that comes with it, is stressful, challenging, redundant, exhausting, exciting, and often very depressing.
Quote examples
Donna Mills
American Actress
I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant.
Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
To my ear, the term 'comic novelist' is as redundant and off-putting as the term 'literary novelist'.
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Alan Rudolph
American Director
Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement.
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Mitch Leigh
American Musician
To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant.
Quote examples
Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
If two people always agree, one of them is redundant.
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Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
Being made redundant is a personal tragedy.
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Shobana
I should not become redundant or jaded.
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