redundant meaning and examples

Meaning

• Redundant means unnecessary, excessive, or more than what is needed.
• It can also mean no longer useful because something else provides the same function.
• In employment, it refers to a worker losing their job because their role is no longer required.

Grammar and Usage

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Sentence structure:

  • "be redundant" (unnecessary)
  • "make someone redundant" (employment context)

• Common in both formal and informal English.

Common Phrases

• "redundant system"
• "technologically redundant"
• "make someone redundant"
• "be made redundant"

Collocations

• Verb + redundant: make redundant, render redundant
• Noun + redundant: redundant system, redundant feature, redundant word
• Adjective + redundant: completely redundant, largely redundant

Examples

1. This paragraph is redundant because it repeats the same idea.
2. The new software has made the old system redundant.
3. He was made redundant after the company restructured.
4. Having two people do the same job seems redundant.
5. The teacher asked the student to remove the redundant words from the essay.
6. With cloud storage, carrying USB drives has become redundant.
7. Many workers became redundant after the factory closed.
8. The speech was full of redundant phrases.

Synonyms or Related

• unnecessary
• excessive
• superfluous
• expendable
• surplus

Antonym

• essential
• necessary
• indispensable