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Plural
redundancies
1
a state of being no longer needed or useful, often due to the existence of a duplicate or replacement
- The document was filled with redundancy, repeating the same points multiple times.
- To improve efficiency, the company eliminated redundancy in its workflow.
- His speech contained unnecessary redundancy, making it longer than needed.
- The system’s redundancy ensures that if one part fails, another takes over.
- The editor removed any redundancy from the article to make it more concise.
Synonyms:
2
repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
3
repetition of an act needlessly
4
(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails