different between redundant vs inessential
redundant
English
Etymology
From Latin redundans, present participle of redundare (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undo (“I surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???d?n.d?nt/
Adjective
redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)
- Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
- (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
- (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
- Four employees were made redundant.
- Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
- 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:
- The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.
- 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:
Antonyms
- non-redundant
Related terms
- redound
- redundance
- redundancy
Synonyms
- (dismissed from employment): surplus to requirements
Translations
Further reading
- redundant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- redundant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- redundant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin redundans.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /r?.dun?dant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /r?.dun?dan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.dun?dant/
Adjective
redundant (masculine and feminine plural redundants)
- redundant
Derived terms
- redundantment
Related terms
- redundància
- redundar
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ed?n?dant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
redundant (comparative redundanter, superlative am redundantesten)
- redundant
Declension
Synonyms
- überzählig
Related terms
- Redundanz
Further reading
- “redundant” in Duden online
Latin
Verb
redundant
- third-person plural present active indicative of redund?
Romanian
Alternative forms
- redondant
Etymology
Borrowed from English redundant and French redondant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.dun?dant/
Adjective
redundant m or n (feminine singular redundant?, masculine plural redundan?i, feminine and neuter plural redundante)
- redundant
Declension
Related terms
- redondan??
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inessential
English
Etymology
in- +? essential
Adjective
inessential (not comparable)
- Not essential.
- Leave inessential items behind when there is a fire alarm.
- Lacking essence or being.
Synonyms
- (not essential): unnecessary, unneeded
- (lacking essence or being): See also Thesaurus:inexistent
- (both senses): nonessential, unessential
Antonyms
- (not essential): essential; See also Thesaurus:requisite
- (lacking essence or being): extant, existent; See also Thesaurus:existent
Translations
Noun
inessential (plural inessentials)
- (often in plural) Something that is not essential
inessential From the web:
- inessential means
- what does nonessential mean
- what does essentially
- what do non essential mean
- what does essentially mean
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