▪ (of a person) no longer employed because there is no more work available: "eight permanent staff were made redundant"Similarsackeddismissedlaid offdischargedunemployedidlejoblessout of workout of a jobrare:disemployedOppositein workemployed
▪ (of words or data) able to be omitted without loss of meaning or function: "our peculiar affection for redundant phrases"
▪ (of a component) not strictly necessary to functioning but included in case of failure in another component:"the modules are linked using a redundant fibre-optic cable"
Word Originlate 16th century (in the sense ‘abundant’): from Latin redundant- ‘surging up’, from the verb redundare (see redound).