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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :   [ devils ]

  REDUNDANT, adj.  Superfluous; needless; _de trop_.
  
      The Sultan said:  "There's evidence abundant
      To prove this unbelieving dog redundant."
      To whom the Grand Vizier, with mien impressive,
      Replied:  "His head, at least, appears excessive."
                                                         Habeeb Suleiman
  
      Mr. Debs is a redundant citizen.
                                                      Theodore Roosevelt
  
  

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Redundant \Re*dun"dant\ (-dant), a. [L. redundans, -antis, p.
     pr. of redundare: cf. F. redondant. See Redound.]
     1. Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant;
        exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Notwithstanding the redundant oil in fishes, they do
              not increase fat so much as flesh.    --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful;
        pleonastic.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Where an suthor is redundant, mark those paragraphs
              to be retrenched.                     --I. Watts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Superfluous; superabundant; excessive; exuberant;
          overflowing; plentiful; copious.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Redundant \Re*dun"dant\ (-dant), a. [L. redundans, -antis, p.
     pr. of redundare: cf. F. redondant. See Redound.]
     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.
  
     Syn: Superfluous; superabundant; excessive; exuberant;
          overflowing; plentiful; copious.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  redundant
       adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose
              excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the
              dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be
              thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by
              technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room";
              "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory
              of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary)
              words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary
              internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the
              needy" [syn: excess, extra, spare, supererogatory,
               superfluous, supernumerary, surplus]
       2: use of more words than required to express an idea; "a wordy
          gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text
          crammed with amplifications of the obvious" [syn: wordy]
       3: repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact'
          and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase
          `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at
          the risk of being redundant I return to my original
          proposition"- J.B.Conant [syn: pleonastic, tautologic,
           tautological]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  redundant
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 περιττός, που ξεπερνά το αναγκαίο, πλεονάζων
     2 (''στο ΗΒ και την Αυστραλία'') απολυμένος από τη δουλειά του επειδή
  δεν ήταν πια αναγκαίος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  redundant
     Catalan a.
     (l en redundant)
     German a.
     #English
     Romanian a.
     (l en redundant)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  redundant
     a.
     1 superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
     2 (lb en of words, writing, etc) repetitive or needlessly wordy.
     3 (lb en chiefly British NZ AU) dismiss from employment because no
  longer needed.
     4 duplicate or able to duplicate the function of another component of
  a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  redundant
     Catalan a.
     (l en redundant)
     German a.
     #English
     Romanian a.
     (l en redundant)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  redundant
     Catalan a.
     (l en redundant)
     German a.
     #English

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  redundant
     Englanti a.
     1 ylimääräinen, turha
     2 '''make redundant''': irtisanoa (työstä)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  redundant
     Tyska a.
     #Svenska

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  redundant
     a.
     överflödig; extra ordinarie; (något) som inte tillför något nytt (?:
  eventuellt något missvisande, se diskussion)
     adv.
     (avledning sv redundant adj)

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  redundant /rˌeːdʊndˈant/ 
  pleonastic 
     Synonyms: pleonastisch, weitschweifig
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  redundant /rˌeːdʊndˈant/ 
  redundant 
           Note: zusätzlich vorhanden

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  redundant /ʁedʊnˈdant/ 
  redondant
  mehrfach vorhanden, wiederholt

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-spa ]

  redundant /ʁedʊnˈdant/ 
  redundante
  mehrfach vorhanden, wiederholt

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  redundant /ʁedʊnˈdant/ 
  redundant 2.
  mehrfach vorhanden, wiederholt
   3.
  die Eigenschaft des genetischen Codes, dass bei der Translation dieselbe Aminosäure durch mehr als nur eine Basentriplettkombination hergestellt werden kann, besitzend

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
  عاطل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  redundant //ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt// 
  1. многословен
  needlessly wordy
  2. излишен
  superfluous

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/ 
  nadbytečný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/ 
  zbytečný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
   [eko] přebytečný, nadměrný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
  hinfällig, gegenstandslos 
        "This makes my enquiry redundant"  - Damit ist meine Anfrage hinfällig/gegenstandslos., Damit erübrigt sich meine Anfrage.
     Synonym: superfluous
  
   see: That takes care of my enquiry.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
  redundant 
           Note: zusätzlich vorhanden

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
  überflüssig, überzählig 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
  zweimal dasselbe ausdrückend, doppelt gemoppelt [ugs.] , tautologisch  [geh.]  [ling.]
        "That's a tautology/a redundant phrase/a useless repetition."  - Das ist doppelt gemoppelt.
     Synonyms: tautological, tautologic
  
   see: be tautological, be a tautology, That's just saying the same thing twice., That's just repeating yourself.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
  
  υπεράριθμος, πλεονάζων

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  redundant //ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt// 
  1. llikasanainen
  needlessly wordy
  2. liiallinen
  superfluous

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/ 
  1. अतिरिक्त
        "She wrote a beautiful paragraph without a redundant word."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
  blagoglagoljiv, izlišan, opširan, prekomjeran, suvišan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
  1. bôbeszédû
  2. felesleges
  3. terjengôs
  4. cikornyás
  5. bôséges
  6. kacskaringós
  7. gazdag
  8. létszám fölötti
  9. pleonasztikus
  10. túláradó
  11. szükségtelen
  12. dagályos
  13. nélkülözhetô

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  redundant //ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt// 
  冗長
  superfluous

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  redundant //ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt// 
  1. overflødig, redundant
  needlessly wordy
  2. overflødig
  superfluous

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  redundant /rɪˈdʌndənt/ 
    zbyteczny, zbędny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/ 
  1. reduntante, excessivo
  2. desnecessário, supérfluo

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  redundant //ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt// 
  överflödig
  superfluous

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  redundant /ɹɪdˈʌndənt/
  1. gerekenden fazla olan
  2. fazla sözle ifade edilmiş, ağdalı
  3. (İng.) işinden çıkarılan. redundantly  gerekenden fazla olarak
  4. ağdalı olarak.

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/ɾedʊnˈdɑnt/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɹɪˈdəndənt/

From IPA:sv :   [ IPA:sv ]

  

/rɛdɵnd'anːt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "redundant":
     abundant, battological, circumlocutory, copious, de trop, diffuse,
     diffusive, dispensable, duplicative, echoic, echoing, effusive,
     excess, excessive, expendable, expletive, extra, extravagant,
     exuberant, fecund, formless, gratuitous, gushing, gushy, imitative,
     in excess, inessential, iterative, long-winded, needless,
     nonessential, overflowing, parrotlike, pleonastic, prodigal,
     productive, profuse, profusive, prolific, prolix, recapitulative,
     reduplicative, reechoing, reiterant, reiterative, repeating,
     repetitional, repetitionary, repetitious, repetitive, roundabout,
     spare, superabundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary,
     surplus, tautologic, tautological, tautologous, teeming, to spare,
     uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted,
     verbose, windy, wordy
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 多余的,过多的,冗长的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 多余的,过多的,冗长的

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