redundant
(chiefly, British, Ireland, NZ, AU) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
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Redundant 'with' there - that'll teach me not to copy and paste BBC. That article is in need of an editor's attention *sigh*
🔮 Cancer's May 05 Celestial Guidance: An overloaded roadmap and unclear ownership stir unease. Protect morale, refactor one brittle path, and do not let another redundant ceremony bury the useful work in legacy fog.…
Though isn’t flower trick and petal blizzard redundant
This just feels even more redundant with the live action remake
i know the code is messy and there's a redundant break in there, I'll fix it
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(chiefly, British, Ireland, NZ, AU) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
“🔮 Cancer's May 05 Celestial Guidance: An overloaded roadmap and unclear ownership stir unease. Protect morale, refactor one brittle path, and do not let another redundant ceremony bury the useful work in legacy fog. #techbro, #horoscope, #astrology, #Cancer”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i know the code is messy and there's a redundant break in there, I'll fix it”
— Bluesky· May 2026“When Sam was made redundant, builder son and his tradie siblings built Sam a carving space. Today, builder son started carving with his dad. Sam is happy. I'm a little jealous. I thought this son was going to be my weaver. I'm happy for them though. Does my heart good”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm sorry but you have a Redundant Comms Condition Signal. Please call Tyan Computer Corp on 0873 620 6550”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This is a deliberate policy. Labour have introduced policies that guarantee enslavement. The words “we told you so” are entirely redundant. Campaign smarter and harder. Don’t vote for parties enslaving people”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
Four employees were made redundant.
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Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless;
“Redundant 'with' there - that'll teach me not to copy and paste BBC. That article is in need of an editor's attention *sigh*”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Though isn’t flower trick and petal blizzard redundant”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This just feels even more redundant with the live action remake”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"Hot red-head who wants to murder you." Is kinda redundant in my lived experience.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Is Rolph redundant in the Muppets? What does he contribute that the band doesn’t?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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