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Definition of Redundant

1. Adjective. More than is needed, desired, or required. "Surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

2. Adjective. Repetition of same sense in different words. "At the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"

Definition of Redundant

1. a. Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.

Definition of Redundant

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Redundant

1. 1. Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food. "Notwithstanding the redundant oil in fishes, they do not increase fat so much as flesh." (Arbuthnot) 2. Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic. "Where an suthor is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched." (I. Watts) Synonym: Superfluous, superabundant, excessive, exuberant, overflowing, plentiful, copious. Origin: L. Redundans, -antis, p. Pr. Of redundare: cf. F. Redondant. See Redound. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Redundant

reductive reductively reductiveness reductivenesses reductive dechlorination reductivism reductor reductors reduit reduits

redundance redundancies redundancy redundancy redundant (current term) redundant (current term) redundantly redundant check reduplicate reduplicate

reduplicated reduplicated cataract reduplicates reduplicating reduplication reduplication reduplications reduplicative reduplicatively reduvid

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