1 (used about employees) no longer needed for a job and therefore out of work （指雇员）过剩的；（因成为冗员而）被解雇的，失业的: When the factory closed 800 people were made redundant. 工厂关闭时，800人失业了。

2 not necessary or wanted 多余的；不需要的 ➔redundancy /-dənsi ||; -dənsɪ/ noun [C,U] (plural redundancies) redundancy pay 遣散费