Antonyms for redundancy
rɪˈdʌn dən sire·dun·dan·cy

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1. redundancynoun

   The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness.

   Antonyms:
   non-redundancy

   Synonyms:
   superfluity, superfluousness, pro-chrono continuum, dead wood, redundance

2. redundancynoun

   The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

   Antonyms:
   employment

   Synonyms:
   retirement

3. redundancynoun

   Synonyms:
   sacking

   Antonyms:
   hiring

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. redundancy

   Circumlocution and periphrasis are roundabout ways of expressing thought; circumlocution is the more common, periphrasis the more technical word. Constant circumlocution produces an affected and heavy style; occasionally, skilful periphrasis conduces both to beauty and to simplicity. Etymologically, diffuseness is a scattering, both of words and thought; redundancy is an overflow. Prolixity goes into endless petty details, without selection or perspective. Pleonasm is the expression of an idea already plainly implied; tautology is the restatement in other words of an idea already stated, or a useless repetition of a word or words. Pleonasm may add emphasis; tautology is always a fault. "I saw it with my eyes" is a pleonasm; "all the members agreed unanimously" is tautology. Verbiage is the use of mere words without thought. Verbosity and wordiness denote an excess of words in proportion to the thought. Tediousness is the sure result of any of these faults of style.

   Antonyms:
   brevity, compactness, compression, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, shortness, succinctness, terseness

   Synonyms:
   circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness

Matched Categories

1. • Configuration
   • Electronics
   • Repetition
   • Repetitiveness
   • Superfluity

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. redundancynoun

   repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission

   Synonyms:
   redundance

2. redundancy, redundancenoun

   the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded

   "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"

   Synonyms:
   redundance

3. redundancynoun

   (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails

   Synonyms:
   redundance

4. redundancynoun

   repetition of an act needlessly

   Synonyms:
   redundance

How to use redundancy in a sentence?

1. President Trump on Monday:

   This executive order is another major step toward making the federal government efficient, effective and accountable to the people, there is duplication and redundancy everywhere. Billions and billions of dollars are being wasted on activities that are not delivering results.

2. Rob Wilson:

   All of a sudden, scale matters and redundancy matters.

3. Ayham Kamel:

   Any oil production disruption would occur at a time when Saudi Arabia has lost a significant part of its energy system redundancies (spare capacity), while Saudi oil production is now close to 9.9 million bpd, it is not clear that the capacity is fully operational at 11.3 million bpd and the (attacked) Abqaiq facility has lost a significant part of its redundancy.

4. Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron:

   We take note that the Constitutional Council confirms the cap on redundancy payments is in the public interest.

5. Doug Barry:

   Diversification and some redundancy in supply chains will make sense given the level of risk that the pandemic has uncovered.

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