Main Entry:

re·dun·dant

Pronunciation:

\-dənt\

Function:

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 more words than necessary c: characterized by similarity or repetition <a group of particularly redundant brick buildings> dchiefly British : no longer needed for a job and hence laid off2: profuse, lavish3: serving as a duplicate for preventing failure of an entire system (as a spacecraft) upon failure of a single component

— re·dun·dant·ly adverb