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the use of too many words to express an idea
- even though the phrase "free gift" is a redundancy, many retailers still use it to assure customers that an item is really free
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the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
- there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area
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chiefly British
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
- several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy
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The first known use of redundancy was in 1601
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