redundant

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There are people who go on saying that meta tags are completely redundant which is not the case.

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  1. adjective Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
  2. adjective Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression: a student paper filled with redundant phrases.
  3. adjective Of or relating to linguistic redundancy.
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  • And in the dictionary under the word redundant, it says see redundant.
  • There are people who go on saying that meta tags are completely redundant which is not the case. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Not necessarily redundant, aheckler, since it could've been referring to pesos (also $). —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • If he is trying to make you redundant, then he cannot fill the same position with a new person for three months, which, I think, is where your question is going.
  • Shady politicians (is that phrase redundant?) beware. —  Crowdsourcing
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  1. Latin redundāns, redundant-, present participle of redundāre, to overflow : re-, red-, re- + undāre, to surge (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Old French redondant, French redondant, rédondant =Spanish Portuguese redundante =Italian ridondante, from Latin redundan (t-) s, present participle of redundare, overflow, redound; see redound.
 

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