redundant
adjective uk/rɪˈdʌn.dənt/ us/rɪˈdʌn.dənt/
(NOT NEEDED)
C2 （尤指词、短语等）多余的，不需要的，累赘的，啰唆的
(especially of a word, phrase, etc.) unnecessary because it is more than is needed
In the sentence "She is a single unmarried woman", the word "unmarried" is redundant. 在句子 She is a single unmarried woman 中，unmarried 一词是多余的。
(NOT EMPLOYED)
B2 UK失业的，被解雇的，被裁减的
having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you
To keep the company alive, half the workforce is being made redundant. 为了使公司生存下去，一半的员工要被裁掉。
figurative New technology often makes old skills and even whole communities redundant. 新技术常常会使古老的技艺甚至是某个行业完全消失。
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- The company was losing money and it had to make people redundant.
- She was made redundant a year ago and hasn't found any work since.
- They're threatening to make a third of the workforce redundant.
- She was told she was being made redundant yesterday.
- He was made redundant and given a big pay-off.