Word Type

Noun

The word "redundancy" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

employment hiring non redundancy

Derived Terms

CRC Common Access Redundancy Protocol Department of Redundancy Department antiredundancy cyclic redundancy check georedundancy redundancy check

Derived From

redundant

Context

australia electronics law new zealand uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

configuration constellation embarrassment overplus plethora repeating repetition repetitiousness repetitiveness superfluity

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

space redundancy time redundancy

Type Of (IsA)

configuration overplus repetition repetitiveness

Related Terms

circuit component court dismissal duplication employee error excessive failure impair job language layoff make redundant message necessary needless pleading provide redundancies redundant repetition superfluity surplusage survival transmission unemployed validity

Synonym Network

dead wood redundance retirement sacking

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