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redundancy

🇬🇧 UK/ri'dʌndәnsi/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

The state of being unnecessary or excessive; needless repetition in language; duplication of systems as a backup.

多余,冗余;(语言)重复;(系统)备份冗余

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
undwave, water, flood
+
ancystate, quality
=redundancy

Common Collocations

  • 1.face redundancy面临裁员
  • 2.mass redundancy大规模裁员
  • 3.built-in redundancy内置冗余/备份
  • 4.redundancy payment裁员补偿金

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The factory closure resulted in mass redundancy for over five hundred workers.

  • 2.

    Good writing avoids redundancy by eliminating unnecessary repetition of ideas.

  • 3.

    Engineers built redundancy into the system to prevent total failure during outages.

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