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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "non-redundant"
}
],
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{
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"word": "redundant acronym syndrome"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "redundant array of independent disks"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "redundant colon"
},
{
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "redundāns"
},
"expansion": "Latin redundāns",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "redundō",
"3": "",
"4": "to overflow, redound"
},
"expansion": "redundō (“to overflow, redound”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "red-",
"3": "",
"4": "again, back"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "undō",
"t": "to surge, flood"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "unda",
"3": "",
"4": "a wave"
},
"expansion": "unda (“a wave”)",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more redundant",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most redundant",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "redound"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "redundance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "redundancy"
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 1",
"text": "In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; [...]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 December 16, “Network News: \"Robust case\" for Fawley branch reopening”, in Rail, page 14",
"text": "A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58",
"text": "Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed."
],
"id": "en-redundant-en-adj-67zMxRoX",
"links": [
[
"Superfluous",
"superfluous"
],
[
"exceed",
"exceed"
],
[
"necessary",
"necessary"
],
[
"no longer",
"no longer"
],
[
"need",
"need"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fāʔiḍ",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فَائِض"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zāʔid",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "زَائِد"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "avelord",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ավելորդ"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "gehiegizko"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izlišen",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "излишен"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rǒngzá",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "冗杂"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rǒngyú",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "冗余"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nadbytečný"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "overbodig"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "overtollig"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "achterhaald"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "superflua"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ülearune"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "üleliigne"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "liiallinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redondant"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundante"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zedmeṭi",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ზედმეტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nameṭi",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ნამეტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gadameṭebuli",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "გადამეტებული"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "č̣arbi",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ჭარბი"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "überflüssig"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pleonázon",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "πλεονάζων"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parapanísios",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "παραπανίσιος"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yperárithmos",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "υπεράριθμος"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perissós",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "περισσός"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meyutár",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "מיותר"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "felesleges"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundáns"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "szükségtelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "mellőzhető"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nélkülözhető"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "iomarcach"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ridondante"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "iperverboso"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "copioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "sovrabbondante"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "pleonastico"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeobunui",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "여분의"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bulpiryohan",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "불필요한"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "lieks"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "perteklinis"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nereikalingas"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izlišen",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "излишен"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "lampa",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ᠯᠠᠮᡦᠠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "tāwere"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afzunegi",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "افرونگی"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nadmiarowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nadmierny"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "redundantny"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundante"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izlíšnij",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "изли́шний"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "су̏вӣшан"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "и̏злишан"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "редунда̀нтан"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sȕvīšan"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ȉzlišan"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "redundàntan"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zalihosan"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nadbytočný"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "prebytočný"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundantný"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "odvečen"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "superfluo"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundante"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "överflödig"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ihtiyaçtan fazla"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "fazla"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "gereğinden fazla"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "lüzumundan fazla"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "tr",
"english": "backup",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "yedek"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "lüzumsuz"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "gereksiz"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nadlyškovyj",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "надлишковий"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "rườm rà"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 5 13 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "dư thừa"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Repetitive or needlessly wordy."
],
"id": "en-redundant-en-adj-Scs8JZev",
"links": [
[
"Repetitive",
"repetitive"
],
[
"needlessly",
"needlessly"
],
[
"wordy",
"wordy"
]
],
"qualifier": "etc",
"raw_glosses": [
"(of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of words"
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"writing"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥašw",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "حَشْو"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mnogosloven",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "многословен"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "llikasanainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundante"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siṭq̇vagrʒeli",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "სიტყვაგრძელი"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siṭq̇vamravali",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "სიტყვამრავალი"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gač̣ianurebuli",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "გაჭიანურებული"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "überzählig"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "doppelt gemoppelt"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "períssios",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "περίσσιος"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "terjengős"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"alt": "じょうちょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jōchō",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "冗長"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hašv",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "حشو"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "rozwlekły"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 60 20 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundante"
}
]
},
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"US"
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{
"word": "redundant array of independent disks"
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{
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{
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"ref": "1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 1",
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{
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"communications",
"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"writing"
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"Australian English",
"British English",
"Irish English",
"New Zealand English"
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{
"text": "Four employees were made redundant."
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{
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{
"code": "hy",
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{
"code": "eu",
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{
"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "ca",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "rǒngzá",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "冗杂"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
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{
"code": "da",
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{
"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "overtollig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "achterhaald"
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{
"code": "eo",
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{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ülearune"
},
{
"code": "et",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "liiallinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redondant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "superfluous",
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},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zedmeṭi",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ზედმეტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ნამეტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "gadameṭebuli",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "გადამეტებული"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "č̣arbi",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ჭარბი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "überflüssig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pleonázon",
"sense": "superfluous",
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},
{
"code": "el",
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{
"code": "el",
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{
"code": "el",
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"word": "περισσός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "מיותר"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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"word": "felesleges"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundáns"
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
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},
{
"code": "ga",
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"word": "iomarcach"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"word": "ridondante"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "iperverboso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "copioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "sovrabbondante"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "pleonastico"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "여분의"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "superfluous",
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{
"code": "lv",
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},
{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "perteklinis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nereikalingas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izlišen",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "излишен"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "lampa",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ᠯᠠᠮᡦᠠ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "tāwere"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afzunegi",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "افرونگی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nadmiarowy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nadmierny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "superfluous",
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],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundante"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izlíšnij",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "изли́шний"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "су̏вӣшан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "и̏злишан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "редунда̀нтан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sȕvīšan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ȉzlišan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "redundàntan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "superfluous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zalihosan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "nadbytočný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "prebytočný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundantný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "odvečen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "superfluo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "redundante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "överflödig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "ihtiyaçtan fazla"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "fazla"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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},
{
"code": "tr",
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},
{
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"sense": "superfluous",
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},
{
"code": "tr",
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"word": "lüzumsuz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "gereksiz"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nadlyškovyj",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "надлишковий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "rườm rà"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "superfluous",
"word": "dư thừa"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥašw",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "حَشْو"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mnogosloven",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "многословен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "llikasanainen"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundante"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siṭq̇vagrʒeli",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "სიტყვაგრძელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siṭq̇vamravali",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "სიტყვამრავალი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gač̣ianurebuli",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "გაჭიანურებული"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "überzählig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "doppelt gemoppelt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "períssios",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "περίσσιος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "terjengős"
},
{
"alt": "じょうちょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jōchō",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "冗長"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hašv",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "حشو"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "rozwlekły"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundant"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "needlessly wordy",
"word": "redundante"
}
],
"word": "redundant"
}
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