redundant
/rɪˈdʌn·dənt/ adjDefinition
› more than what is usual or necessary, esp. using extra words that mean the same thing: My English teacher was merciless if what we wrote was abstract, sentimental, or redundant. › Br People who are redundant have become unemployed because they are no longer needed at their place of work. redundancy /rɪˈdʌn·dən·si/ n [U] › They’re trying to cut the redundancy of some federal programs.
(Definition of redundant adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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