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Definition of redundant :
1. Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.
2. Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.
Synonyms:
supererogatory, tautological, additional, unnecessary, prolix, periphrastic, unornamented, trim, otiose, irrelevant, supernumerary, wasted, extra, pleonastic, diffuse, repetitive, excess, scanty, words, style, unembellished, bare, long-winded, free, pointless, plain, verbose, spare, wordy, special, senseless, tautologic, purposeless, unneeded
superfluous (part of speech: adjective)
excessive, superfluous, gratuitous, overflowing, immoderate, outrageous, surplus, overindulgent, overabundant, superabundant, copious, exorbitant, extravagant
Usage examples:
- Redundant story title pages have been removed. - "The Bad Family and Other Stories", Mrs. Fenwick.
- All but two of these I shall place in the list of redundant verbs; though for the use of throwed I find no written authority but his and William B. Fowle's. - "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.
- In general the style is redundant and florid. - "Tragedy", Ashley H. Thorndike.