redundant

  1. Adjective.  Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
  2. Adjective.  (Of speech, writing) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
  3. Adjective.  (chiefly, British) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
  4. Adjective.  (chiefly, computing) Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.

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