Work and business / C1

ri-DUND-uh-nt/rɪˈdʌndənt/

Redundant means no longer needed: a redundant paragraph. In British English, to be made redundant is to lose a job because the post has gone, not because you were sacked for fault. Redundancy is the noun (already in the dictionary). Repeat is everyday for saying it again; superfluous (C2) is extra in a useless way. Do not write redundant for “very important”.

Meaning

No longer needed; in British English, also dismissed because the job itself has gone.

Examples

• “Two slides were redundant, and three staff were made redundant.”
• “Cut the redundant example; the first one already proved the rule.”
• “She was made redundant when the night desk closed, which is the British job sense.”

Good to know

Unnecessary; UK jobs: made redundant (post gone). Noun: redundancy. Contrast: sacked (fault). Not “vital”.

Near in meaning

unnecessary

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