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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-duhn-duh n-see
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdʌn dən si



Definition of redundancy

Origin :
  • c.1600; see redundant + -ancy. Sense in employment is from 1931, chiefly British.
  • noun verbosity
  • noun repetition
Example sentences :
  • The redundancy of insect and reptile life is wonderful in Southern India.
  • Extract from : « Foot-prints of Travel » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • But why should there have been any redundancy of matter at all?
  • Extract from : « The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels » by John Burgon
  • The redundancy of insect and reptile life is wonderful in southern India.
  • Extract from : « Due West » by Maturin Murray Ballou
  • Again a redundancy of "verys" which must be left to the imagination.
  • Extract from : « London's Heart » by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
  • No display of a scene like this could be chargeable with redundancy or superfluity.
  • Extract from : « Wieland; or The Transformation » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • He indulged in no vaporous visions, in no redundancy of phrases.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences, 1819-1899 » by Julia Ward Howe.
  • We in Ireland are much inclined to redundancy in our speech.
  • Extract from : « English As We Speak It in Ireland » by P. W. Joyce
  • This tendency of redundancy is not his fault alone; it is that of his time.
  • Extract from : « Critical Studies » by Ouida
  • If this be done, the redundancy will soon be as great as ever.
  • Extract from : « A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital » by John Beauchamp Jones
  • The only fault seems to have been a redundancy of decoration.
  • Extract from : « A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy » by Ida Pfeiffer

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