Antonyms for redundant
rɪˈdʌn dəntre·dun·dant

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1. redundantadjective

   Antonyms:
   non-redundant

2. redundantadjective

   Antonyms:
   non-redundant

3. redundantadjective

   Antonyms:
   non-redundant

4. redundantadjective

   Antonyms:
   non-redundant

5. redundantadjective

   Antonyms:
   non-redundant

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1. redundant

   Antonyms:
   requisite, defective, necessary

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, excessive, unnecessary, overflowing, luxuriant

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1. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   necessary, concise

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, senseless, surplus, unembellished, supererogatory, scanty, spare, otiose, wasted, pleonastic, unornamented, extra, free, plain, supernumerary, excess, purposeless, additional, tautological, special, tautologic, trim, bare(a), bare, pointless

2. pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautologicaladjective

   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

   Antonyms:
   concise, necessary

   Synonyms:
   excess, tautologic, superfluous, supernumerary, pleonastic, supererogatory, tautological, surplus, spare, extra

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1. redundantadjective

   Synonyms:
   superabundant, superfluous, excessive, plethoric

How to use redundant in a sentence?

1. James Acton:

   Like all nuclear power plants, Zaporizhzhia contains various redundant safety systems, which under normal circumstances are highly effective, the problem is that nuclear power plants are not designed for war zones and, under plausible circumstances, all these systems could fail.

2. Mark Geragos:

   This redundant and vindictive indictment is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make headlines.

3. Lamar Smith:

   Our government wastes too much money, including funding redundant research projects like this one.

4. Amit Yoran:

   I do think it is redundant.

5. Mark Dyson:

   These are the kinds of Achilles' heels that show up and can create enormous risks even for systems that are designed to be redundant.

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