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# redundant

«redundant» in Mova's school dictionary: **not needed any more, because there is already enough or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (redundant)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Redundant means not needed any more, because there is already enough or it is repeated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#m1)

2) (UK, Ireland, Australia, euphemism) To be made redundant is to lose your job because the employer no longer needs the job done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In writing lessons, redundant words repeat ideas ("free gift"). In maths problems, redundant information is extra information that you do not need. In grown-up life, "made redundant" is a gentle way of saying "lost his job". Phrases: made redundant, redundant information, redundancy pay.

### examples

- Cross out the redundant words in your sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#x1)
- Some information in the problem is redundant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#x2)
- Dad was made redundant from the factory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#x3)
- The old machine became redundant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#x4)
- "Return back" is redundant, because "return" already means go back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#x5)
- 200 workers were made redundant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#x6)
- A spare tyre is redundant until you get a flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#x7)
- The extra light switch is redundant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/#x8)

### note

Noun: redundancy. "Made redundant" (UK) is like "laid off" (US). In maths word problems, spotting redundant numbers (numbers you do not use) is a key skill.

### In the corpora

- ["Made redundant" (UK) means losing your job because the post was cut.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «redundant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.