redundancy

noun

re·dun·dan·cy ri-ˈdən-dən(t)-sē

plural redundancies

Synonyms of redundancy next

: the quality or state of being redundant : superfluity

: the use of redundant components

also : such components

chiefly British : dismissal from a job especially by layoff

: profusion, abundance

: superfluous repetition : prolixity

: an act or instance of needless repetition

: the part of a message that can be eliminated without loss of essential information

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Redundancy, closely related to redound, has stayed close to the original meaning of "overflow" or "more than necessary". Avoiding redundancy is one of the prime rules of good writing. ""In the modern world of today" contains a redundancy; so does "He died of fatal wounds" and "For the mutual benefit of both parties". But redundancy doesn't just occur in language. "Data redundancy" means keeping the same computer data in more than one place as a safety measure, and a backup system in an airplane may provide redundancy, again for the sake of safety.

Examples of redundancy in a Sentence

Avoid redundancy in your writing. Try to avoid using redundancies in your writing. The design incorporates several redundancies. a system with a high level of redundancy The restructuring is expected to result in the redundancy of several hundred workers. The workers are now facing redundancy.

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If your gap was due to redundancy, stress your proactive response, such as pursuing further education or engaging in consultancy work. —

Andrew Fennell, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 Overall, Taft was less concerned about the number of employees in a particular department than in streamlining work, installing the best people, and ensuring that his secretaries had removed redundancies. —

Laura Ellyn Smith / Made By History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024 While ferries don't have the same charging requirements as heavier ships, many companies are building redundancies into their crafts to ensure longer trips and less time at the charging station: Many ferries are powered by both batteries and diesel engines that can be used to offset one another. —

Leah Carroll, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 Our system has some redundancy, and its fallbacks include the older Croton watershed, which normally delivers 10 percent or so of our supply but can and will do more. —

Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for redundancy