NSW Selective & Scholarship
Redundant
adjective/ri-DUN-duhnt/
No longer needed because there is already too much of it or it repeats something.
In contextOnce the new gate was built, the old broken one became redundant.
Remember it
Redundant sounds like 'red-abundant' — an abundance of extra you don't need.
Use it well
Great in essays to describe repeated words or ideas that could be cut out.