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adjective

redundant

CEFR B2

not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous

In a sentence

Six example sentences with redundant, each labelled with its topic.

  • The second cooling loop became redundant once the new chips ran twelve degrees cooler under the same workload.

    Technology

  • The editor cut the opening chapter as redundant, since every fact in it surfaces again in the first courtroom scene.

    Literature

  • Carrying two flashes felt redundant until one failed on a wedding morning and the spare saved the entire ceremony.

    Photography

  • With two shooting guards already starting, the trade for a third felt redundant, and he barely left the bench.

    Basketball

  • The second guitar part is redundant, doubling the piano note for note without adding a single new color.

    Music

  • The weekly status meeting became redundant once the dashboard showed every number in real time.

    Business

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