redundantadjective
uk/rɪˈdʌn.dənt/us/rɪˈdʌn.dənt/redundant adjective (NOT NEEDED)
C2 (especially of a word, phrase, etc.) unnecessary because it is more than is needed:
In the sentence "She is a single unmarried woman", the word "unmarried" is redundant.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Too much and unnecessary
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut idiom
- avalanche
- be up to your neck (in sth) idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastle idiom
- hyper
- immoderate
- inessential
- insatiable
- lousy
- play gooseberry idiom
- plenty
- plethora
- proliferate
- redundancy
- sock
- supplementary
- surplus
- weigh
See more results »
redundant adjective (NOT EMPLOYED)
B2 UK having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you:
To keep the company alive, half the workforce is being made redundant.
figurative New technology often makes old skills and even whole communities redundant.
More examples
- The company was losing money and it had to make people redundant.
- She was made redundant a year ago and hasn't found any work since.
- They're threatening to make a third of the workforce redundant.
- She was told she was being made redundant yesterday.
- He was made redundant and given a big pay-off.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Types of employment
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- at the coalface idiom
- backroom boys
- blue-collar
- clerk
- honorary
- lackey
- managerial
- menial
- NEET
- off-duty
- probation
- professionally
- short time
- skilled
- slave labour
- subcontractor
- sweated
- wilderness
See more results »