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redundant

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/rɪˈdʌndənt/ · re-dun-dant

Not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous.

Meanings

adjectiveformal

Not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous.

ضرورت سے زیادہ؛ غیر ضروری؛ اضافی۔

فاضل

fazil

Synonyms

superfluousunnecessaryexcessiveغیر ضروریاضافیبے فائدہ

Antonyms

necessaryessentialneededضروریاہمچاہیے

Common Collocations

  • redundant information
  • redundant staff
  • redundant systems

Example Sentences

The report contained redundant information that could have been omitted.

رپورٹ میں فاضل معلومات موجود تھیں جو کہ حذف کی جا سکتی تھیں۔

Report mein fazil maloomat maujood thin jo ke hazf ki ja sakti thin.

His response was redundant and didn't add any value to the discussion.

اس کا جواب فاضل تھا اور بات چیت میں کوئی قیمت نہیں بڑھاتا تھا۔

Us ka jawab fazil tha aur baat cheet mein koi qeemat nahi barhata tha.

In a well-edited manuscript, redundant phrases should be removed.

اچھی طرح تحریر شدہ مسودے میں فاضل جملے حذف کیے جانے چاہئیں۔

Achhi tarah tahreer shuda masooday mein fazil jumlay hazf kiye jana chahiye.

Easily Confused With

redundancy:Redundancy is the state of being redundant, whereas redundant is the adjective form describing something unnecessary.

Word Family

redundancy
nounفاضلیت

See Also

💡 Memory Tip

Think of 'red' as indicating something unnecessary; if it's too much, it's redundant.

Envision overflowing waste bins, symbolizing redundancy.

📖 Etymology

Origin: Latin "redundans" — overflowing, redundant

First known use: 15th century

The word introduced into English in the 15th century from Latin, having shifted from its original sense of 'overflowing' to its current meaning of being unnecessary or superfluous.