redundant

Adjective

• repetition of same sense in different words
  • `a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions
    
  • the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological
    
  • at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition- J.B.Conant
    

• more than is needed, desired, or required
  • trying to lose excess weight
    
  • found some extra change lying on the dresser
    
  • yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
    
  • skills made redundant by technological advance
    
  • sleeping in the spare room
    
  • supernumerary ornamentation
    
  • it was supererogatory of her to gloat
    
  • delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
    
  • extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
    
  • surplus cheese distributed to the needy
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pleonastic , tautologic , tautological , excess , extra , spare , supererogatory , superfluous , supernumerary , surplus