Vocabulary
Redundant
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Outdated, restrictive and redundant federal, provincial and local regulations should be eliminated.
Dawn Editorials —
Budget 2026-27 as a bridge
— 2026-02-28
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Most can`t be privatised, either because the purpose for their establishment has become redundant or they`re not commercially viable.
Dawn Editorials —
Exiting IMF: change incentives
— 2026-02-11
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Most obvious of these is what happens during the `adjustment period` when a subset of workers is displaced and made redundant.
Dawn Editorials —
Conflicts of the future
— 2026-02-02
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In the most technofuturist scenario, often peddled by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their acolytes, humans will largely be made redundant by a combination of AI and robotics across all industries.
Dawn Editorials —
Conflicts of the future
— 2026-02-02
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It has closed off key domains of governance from representative authority, shut off judicial review for its actions, and made parliament largely redundant in form, if not in appearance.
Dawn Editorials —
Going back in time
— 2025-11-24
Synonyms
unnecessary, not required, inessential, unessential, needless, unneeded, uncalled for
Antonyms
essential, necessary
Curator example
“many of the old skills had become redundant”
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