How do you pronounce redundant?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/.

redundant

/ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: re-dun-dant
IPA: /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/

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Meaning

adj

Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary (and therefore no longer needed because other things fulfill its task or purpose).

adj

Repetitive or needlessly wordy.

adj

Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.

adj

Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.

adj

Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage

adj

Obsolete or outdated; discarded, or fit to be discarded.

Example Sentences

"It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; […]"
"In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; […]"
"A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water."
"Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building."
"The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages."
"Four employees were made redundant."

Etymology

From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *wed-, redundāns

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/
British English: /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more redundant (comparative) most redundant (superlative)

Derived Forms

georedundant irredundant nonredundant redundantant redundantly redundundant reredundant semiredundant

Phrases

redundant acronym syndrome redundant array of independent disks redundant biomass redundant colon

Frequently Paired Words

redound redundance redundancy drenched expendable turgid

Synonyms

surplus to requirements acervatim adscititious dropsical duplicate excessive exorbitant expletive extra extraneous extravagant gash

Antonyms

non-redundant inadequate lacking needed

Rhymes With

abundant