redundant

innecesario, superfluo

Que ya no hace falta o sobra porque otra cosa cumple la misma función.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: make something redundant (The new software made several tools redundant.)

Sinónimos: unnecessary, superfluous, surplus

Antónimos: necessary, essential

Expresiones frecuentes: become redundant, redundant equipment, make something redundant

despedido

Que ha perdido su empleo porque la empresa ya no necesita que alguien haga ese trabajo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: be made redundant (She was made redundant when the office closed.)

Sinónimos: laid off

Expresiones frecuentes: made redundant, make someone redundant, redundant workers

redundante, repetitivo

Que repite información o usa palabras que no añaden nada a lo ya dicho.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Sinónimos: repetitive, superfluous

Expresiones frecuentes: redundant words, redundant phrase, redundant information