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Adjective
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No longer needed or useful
unnecessary
useless
inessential
dispensable
disposable
expendable
needless
unessential
unneeded
unwanted
disused
outmoded
not required
uncalled-for
uncalled for
needed like a hole in the head
nonessential
superfluous
gratuitous
extraneous
unrequired
optional
irrelevant
non-essential
unimportant
peripheral
avoidable
unwarranted
extrinsic
causeless
more ❯
“The original St John's Church became redundant in 1938 and was once threatened with demolition through road-widening.”
Adjective
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Surplus to requirements
superfluous
extra
surplus
supernumerary
excessive
inordinate
excess
spare
extravagant
supererogatory
additional
expletive
expletory
in excess
too many
too much
de trop
surplus to requirements
unneeded
leftover
unwanted
remaining
dispensable
needless
expendable
unused
inessential
useless
unnecessary
unrequired
more ❯
“As they sit passively in front of their TV sets, they are barraged with redundant images.”
Adjective
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Containing more words than necessary
verbose
bombastic
loquacious
wordy
oratorical
palaverous
repetitious
long-winded
periphrastic
pleonastic
prolix
tautological
padded
reiterating
windy
rambling
garrulous
circumlocutory
circuitous
lengthy
diffuse
discursive
tedious
logorrheic
voluble
protracted
ambagious
turgid
gabby
wandering
more ❯
“In comparison with the quantity of poetry actually produced, the amount of redundant commentary must be at least double.”
Adjective
▲
(British) No longer in employment because there is no more work available
jobless
unemployed
discharged
disemployed
sacked
dismissed
idle
fired
terminated
laid off
let go
out of a job
out of work
workless
disengaged
resting
between jobs
on the wallaby track
on layoff
made redundant
down and out
unoccupied
unwaged
not working
signing on
out of action
on the dole
inactive
without gainful employment
underemployed
unengaged
free
out-of-work
without work
without paid employment
on the shelf
without employment
on the bench
“On Friday last, 32 people that were made redundant left the company but these redundancies had been finalised before the takeover.”
Adjective
▲
Excessive in degree or amount
overmuch
excessive
immoderate
extreme
extravagant
inordinate
exorbitant
undue
unconscionable
stiff
lavish
plethoric
steep
intolerable
insane
overextravagant
overdue
devilish
unreasonable
towering
fancy
overweening
disproportionate
intemperate
unmerciful
baroque
superfluous
overkill
exaggerated
enormous
extra
needless
prodigal
unmeasurable
overboard
profligate
superabundant
dizzying
boundless
overabundant
limitless
super
dissipated
indulgent
unbounded
more
recrementitious
stratospheric
supernatural
over
too much
sky-high
self-indulgent
way out
too many
a lot
more ❯
Adjective
▲
No longer active or functioning
extinct
obsolete
disused
defunct
discontinued
fossilisedUK
fossilizedUS
inoperative
archaic
abandoned
ancient
forgotten
antiquated
bygone
discarded
lapsed
old
superseded
unusable
unused
antique
bypast
expired
inactive
stagnant
unemployed
dormant
outdated
idle
inert
dead
former
quiescent
unreactive
elapsed
invalid
stale
void
non-functioning
no longer in use
out of date
out-of-date
not functioning
fallen into disuse
no longer active
out of commission
very old
of yore
null and void
run out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Ancillary to that already existing, used, or possessed
second
spare
alternative
relief
substitute
ancillary
auxiliary
backup
fallback
secondary
alternate
other
superfluous
surplus
back-up
reserve
replacement
standby
another
supplementary
extra
additional
supernumerary
fall-back
emergency
surrogate
proxy
deputy
stand-in
in reserve
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Without a specific purpose, meaning or goal
aimless
pointless
purposeless
goalless
meaningless
objectless
senseless
fruitless
hollow
drifting
frivolous
inconsequential
superfluous
useless
valueless
wandering
worthless
adrift
casual
futile
insignificant
irrelevant
unproductive
without rhyme or reason
unavailing
needless
unnecessary
purportless
inane
unprofitable
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms
flowery
grandiloquent
florid
bombastic
rhetorical
highfalutin
magniloquent
ornate
oratorical
overblown
fustian
orotund
turgid
euphuistic
aureate
overripe
purple
overwrought
inflated
tumid
rhetoric
verbose
overdone
declamatory
flamboyant
elaborate
windy
sonorous
magnific
extravagant
baroque
rococo
fancy
hifalutin
embellished
ornamented
laboredUS
labouredUK
strained
convoluted
wordy
pleonastic
Ossianic
ornamental
hyperventilated
swollen
prolix
figurative
diffuse
high-sounding
high-flown
over-elaborate
more ❯
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