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Redundant: Something I am and God is not
May 22, 2008, 9:36 pm
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redundant [rəˈdandənt] adjective

(of workers) no longer employed because there is no longer any job for them where they used to work
Example: at approximately 3.30pm AEST this afternoon I was made redundant by my employer.
Arabic: زائِد، عاطِل عن العَمَل
Chinese (Simplified): 多余的
Chinese (Traditional): 多餘的
Czech: přebytečný
Danish: afskediget
Dutch: overtollig
Estonian: koondatud
Finnish: irtisanottu
French: licencié
German: freigesetzt
Greek: πλεονάζων, υπεράριθμος, απολυμένος
Hungarian: létszám fölötti
Icelandic: atvinnulaus
Indonesian: dipecat
Italian: licenziato
Japanese: 失業した
Korean: 불필요한, 남아 도는
Latvian: lieks; nevajadzīgs; zaudējis darbu (štatu samazināšanas dēļ)
Lithuanian: atliekamas, nebereikalingas
Norwegian: overflødig
Polish: zbyteczny, zwolniony z pracy
Portuguese (Brazil): excedente
Portuguese (Portugal): despedido
Romanian: disponibilizat
Russian: лишний
Slovak: prebytočný
Slovenian: odvečen
Spanish: despedido
Swedish: överflödig, övertalig, friställd
Turkish: gereksiz (olan), ihtiyaç fazlası
Fortunately God is not redundant (John 5:17, Phil 1:6) and this hasn’t caught him by surprise. Lets see what happens next then.

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