redundant

Words with a similar base: redundant

'redundant'

[excess.s.01] as in: more than is needed, desired, or required

Examples:
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

'redundant'

[pleonastic.s.01] as in: repetition of same sense in different words; ; ; - J.B.Conant

Examples:
`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

Origins

					redundant (English)
└── redundans (Latin)

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