redundant

不要な、余分な

もう必要がない、または同じ役割のものがあるため余分な。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： make something redundant (The new software made several tools redundant.)

類義語： unnecessary, superfluous, surplus

反対語： necessary, essential

よく使う表現： become redundant, redundant equipment, make something redundant

人員整理で解雇された

その仕事の人手が不要になったため、雇い主に解雇された。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： be made redundant (She was made redundant when the office closed.)

類義語： laid off

よく使う表現： made redundant, make someone redundant, redundant workers

冗長な、重複した

同じ情報を繰り返したり、新しい意味を加えない言葉を使ったりする。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： repetitive, superfluous

よく使う表現： redundant words, redundant phrase, redundant information