Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Redundant / Repetitive: Describing something that is unnecessarily repeated, duplicating content or meaning that already exists.
   • Overlapping: Describing elements that coincide or cover the same area, idea, or function, leading to a lack of efficiency or clarity.

2. Verb (to be redundant):

   • To duplicate / To repeat unnecessarily: The act of creating or stating something again in a way that adds no new value or information.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Hai báo cáo này có nội dung trùng lắp. (These two reports have redundant content.)
  • Cần tránh các quy định trùng lắp. (It is necessary to avoid overlapping regulations.)

• Verb:

  • Không nên trùng lắp thông tin trong các chương. (One should not duplicate information across chapters.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal, academic, or technical contexts (e.g., research, project management, legal documents) to criticize inefficiency.
• Implies a negative connotation of wastefulness or a lack of originality and precision.

Variants and Related Words

• Trùng lặp: The more standard, formal variant with the same core meaning.

  • Sự kiện này trùng lặp với sự kiện kia. (This event coincides with that one.)

• Trùng: To coincide, to match.

  • Ngày nghỉ của chúng tôi trùng nhau. (Our days off coincide.)

Synonyms

• Redundant: Not needed, superfluous.
• Repetitive: Involving unnecessary repetition.
• Overlapping: Coinciding or covering part of the same area.
• Duplicative: Involving duplication.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Sự trùng lắp: (Noun phrase) Redundancy, duplication.
  • Sự trùng lắp trong thiết kế gây lãng phí. (Redundancy in design causes waste.)