Both Uses of
redundant
in
The House of Mirth
- Mrs. Trenor was a tall fair woman, whose height just saved her from redundancy.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- They were just beneath the wide white facade, with its rich restraint of line, which suggested the clever corseting of a redundant figure.†
Chpt 1.14
Definition:
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(redundant) more than is needed -- often something that is unnecessarily repeated
or in technical usage: a secondary component designed to work if the primary component fails; or of such a system