redundancy
August 7, 2008 by Christy
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Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
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Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression
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Chiefly British. Dismissed or laid off from work, as for being no longer needed.
[Latin redundāns, redundant-, present participle of redundāre, to overflow : re-, red-, re- + undāre, to surge (from unda, wave).]
redundantly re·dun‘dant·ly adv
it started out cloudy and now it’s raining outside.
a car swerves on the road below me.
the sprinklers on our condominium grounds are watering the plants
and
the hoses are filling up the fountains.
i spill my water.
she wakes up for real this time. crying.
the air conditioning is on but i don’t believe it so i leave the fans running.
i’m guilty, too.
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