redundant

superflu, inutile

Dont on n’a plus besoin ou qui fait double emploi avec autre chose.

En anglais simple : No longer needed, or extra because something else already does the same job.

• These extra steps are redundant.
• New technology has made the old equipment redundant.
• We removed redundant files from the system.

Comment l'utiliser : make something redundant (The new software made several tools redundant.)

Synonymes : unnecessary, superfluous, surplus

Contraires : necessary, essential

Expressions courantes : become redundant, redundant equipment, make something redundant

licencié pour motif économique

Qui a perdu son emploi parce que son employeur n’a plus besoin de quelqu’un pour ce travail.

En anglais simple : Having lost your job because your employer no longer needs someone to do it.

• Ten workers were made redundant.
• He found another job after being made redundant.
• The company plans to make more staff redundant.

Comment l'utiliser : be made redundant (She was made redundant when the office closed.)

Synonymes : laid off

Expressions courantes : made redundant, make someone redundant, redundant workers

redondant

Qui répète une information ou emploie des mots n’ajoutant rien à ce qui a déjà été dit.

En anglais simple : Repeating information or using words that add nothing to what has already been said.

• The last sentence is redundant.
• She deleted several redundant words from the paragraph.
• Is 'past history' a redundant expression?

Synonymes : repetitive, superfluous

Expressions courantes : redundant words, redundant phrase, redundant information