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redundant |
Grep of noun redundant redundant check Overview of adj redundant The adj redundant has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus -- (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") 2. redundant, wordy -- (use of more words than required to express an idea; "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious") 3. pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological -- (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 of adj redundant 3 senses of redundant Sense 1 excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus INDIRECT (VIA unnecessary) -> necessary Sense 2 redundant, wordy INDIRECT (VIA prolix) -> concise Sense 3 pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological INDIRECT (VIA prolix) -> concise Similarity of adj redundant 3 senses of redundant Sense 1 excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus => unnecessary (vs. necessary), unneeded Sense 2 redundant, wordy => prolix (vs. concise) Sense 3 pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological => prolix (vs. concise) Attributes of adj redundant Familiarity of adj redundant redundant used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj redundant redundant Overview of adj redundant The adj redundant has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus -- (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") 2. redundant, wordy -- (use of more words than required to express an idea; "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious") 3. pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological -- (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)
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