redundant

Definition

Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.

Etymology

From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).

Example Sentences

• "It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; […]"
• "In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; […]"
• "A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water."

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