redundant: [17] Etymologically, something that is redundant ‘overflows’ because there is too much of it. The word comes from the present participle of Latin redundāre ‘flow back, overflow’ (source also of English redound [14]). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and undāre ‘rise in waves, surge’, a derivative of unda ‘wave’ (source of English undulate). => redound, surround, undulate
redundant (adj.)
1590s, from Latin redundantem (nominative redundans), present participle of redundare, literally "overflow, pour over; be over-full;" figuratively "be in excess," from re- "again" (see re-) + undare "rise in waves," from unda "a wave" (see water (n.1)). Of persons, in employment situations, from 1928, chiefly British. Related: Redundantly.
例文
1. Changes in technology may mean that once-valued skills are now redundant .
技術上の革新は、かつて重視されていた技術が今では不要になっていることを意味する可能性があります。
2.My husband was made redundant late last year.
夫は昨年末に裁断された。
3.to be made redundant from your job
が冗長者となって削減される
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4.There are too many redundant words in this book.