Needed and Redundant

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Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

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Redundant is an antonym for needed.

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

Redundant adjective - Being over what is needed.

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Needed is an antonym for redundant in topics: superfluous, excessive.

Nearby Words: redundancy, redundance

For a game notorious for its long, redundant expository monologues, it's ironic that it clams up during one of the few times an explanation is actually needed.

Source: Giant Space Flea from Nowhere
All the armor that a Bladedancer has, with all the range needed to make that armor mostly redundant, in addition to some crazy high damage output.

Source: Video Game / Destiny
With all that done, the presence of both the Walkers and Jade's pact with Alonso to act on the resources and information provided by Brenner leaves Brenner himself redundant and no longer needed.

Source: You Have Outlived Your Usefulness

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