no longer needed or useful; superfluous
多余的,过剩的
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an appropriate use for a redundant church 多余教堂的恰当使用
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many of the old skills had become redundant .许多老技术早已变得多余。
〈主英〉 (因劳动力过剩)被解雇的,失业的
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eight permanent staff were made redundant .八名正式工被解雇。
(of words)able to be omitted without loss of meaning or function
(语言)累赘的,冗长的。
【工程】 (对运转并非完全必要,仅为预防其他组件故障而设)重复的。
"late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘abundant’): from Latin