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   redundancy

   /rɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/

   noun

   • 1. the state of being not or no longer needed or useful: "the redundancy of 19th-century heavy plant machinery" Similar superfluityunnecessarinessexpendabilityuselessnessexcess
   • ▪ the state of being no longer in employment because there is no more work available: "the factory's workers face redundancy" Similar sackingdismissallay-offdischargenoticeunemploymentone's cardsinformal:marching orders
   • ▪ the inclusion of extra components which are not strictly necessary to functioning, in case of failure in other components: "a high degree of redundancy is built into the machinery installation"

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