Sample sentences for REDUNDANT

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Definition

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

What is clarifying for one reader can be a redundant distraction for another.

redundant = more than is needed

The company carries the same customer names and addresses in four different computer systems. Eliminating the redundant data will simplify mailing list management.

redundant = unnecessarily repeated

After the merger, they concluded the office was redundant.
At least the reviewer has a sense of humor when she described the art as clichéd, redundant and unimaginative.
[decentralized decision-making] creates a form of redundancy, which works to the relative advantage of those individuals, groups, and firms that are most resistant to these irrational tendencies.
Richard A. Epstein -- Skepticism and Freedom
The specification called for a redundant network infrastructure.
Every member of the jury found the tenth character witness to be redundant and unnecessarily emotional.
At the risk of being redundant, I return to my original proposition.
The report identified redundant staff at the United Nations.
They are using citation searches to minimize the problem of redundant publication.
So the instant Risa gets back to the infirmary, she calls for a messenger, and another and another, sending them each off with redundant notes reminding kids to take their medications. Finally, after her fourth call, the messenger they send is Lev.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind

redundant = unnecessary

To Vic it was so much redundancy; he knew in his guts that it had been Kemp.
Stephen King -- Cujo

redundancy = more than is needed

Cavalletto dropped on one knee, and implored him, with a redundancy of gesticulation, to hear what had brought himself into such foul company.
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit

redundancy = more than is needed

Redundant though it may sound, we are sheer point of view. We cannot influence things in any way.
Haruki Murakami -- After Dark

redundant = more than is needed

A range of one thousand kilometers, which is redundant from our viewpoint
Don DeLillo -- Underworld

redundant = more than is needed

He was a small, short, youngish man, sprinkled all over his face with freckles, and wearing redundant yellow hair.
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick

redundant = more than is needed

Any method of communication needs redundancy, or information can be lost.
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

redundancy = a secondary component designed to work if the primary component fails

Oh, you mean, redundant, like saying the same thing over and over but in different ways?
Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

redundant = more than is needed — especially repeating ideas

"I'm going," she said, redundantly.
Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever

redundantly = even though it wasn't necessary (It was already know that she was going.)

In that case, perhaps my message is rather redundant.
Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day

redundant = repetitious (repeats what was previously said)

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