Need and Redundancy

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Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Redundancy is an antonym for need.

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

Redundancy noun - The use of too many words to express an idea.

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Need is an antonym for redundancy in verbosity topic.

Nearby Words: redundant, redundance

obvious	obvious need	obvious redundancy
increased	increased need	increased redundancy
extreme	extreme need	extreme redundancy
little	little need	little redundancy
Other adjectives: possible, less.

Department of Redundancy Department: As raocow himself put it: "I need to resist the allure of constant repetition." His "cat planet cat planet planet cat cat planet" LP of cat planet.

Source: Lets Play / raocow
Department of Redundancy Department: You'd think Tritons would be able to capture sea areas on their own, but (just like any other race) they need to be Seafaring Tritons in order to do that.

Source: Tabletop Game / Small World
Department of Redundancy Department: "McCoist of That Ilk" means the same as "McCoist of McCoist", so there's no need for the Laird's name to contain both.

Source: Radio / Hamish and Dougal

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