redundant · adjective
Meanings and examples
No longer necessary because the need has ended or another thing serves the same purpose.
The shared database made several separate records redundant, allowing staff to stop entering the same information twice.
An editor removed redundant phrases that repeated points already made clearly in the preceding paragraph.
The old approval stage became redundant once responsibility for routine purchases passed to individual teams.
We should check whether the extra form serves a distinct purpose or is simply redundant.