duplicative

[ doo-pli-key-tiv, dyoo- ]

adjective

1. involving duplication, especially unnecessary repetition of effort or resources:

   The report will highlight examples of wasteful or duplicative spending.

   The new “No-Hassle” rule eliminates duplicative luggage screening requirements for passengers originating from certain airports.

2. done the same way more than once; effectively identical:

   A new law allows state agencies to ignore records requests they deem to be duplicative or substantially similar to previous requests.

Other Words From

• non·du·pli·ca·tive adjective
• un·du·pli·ca·tive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of duplicative¹

First recorded in 1820–30; duplicat(e) ( def ) + -ive ( def )

Example Sentences

In a statement, Dixon said among her concerns was that “the worker training requirements in this bill are largely duplicative of existing training requirements under Cal/OSHA regulations.”

From Los Angeles Times

It would streamline some processes, eliminate what the agencies called duplicative requirements and allow money for eventual decomissioning work to be put up incrementally instead of all at once at the start of a project.

From Seattle Times

Bragg’s office believes that most of the new documents are “entirely immaterial, duplicative or substantially duplicative of previously disclosed materials,” since last year his office requested documents about Cohen’s case and shared them with Trump’s attorneys.

From Slate

Prosecutors maintain that, in any event, the vast majority of what ultimately came is irrelevant, duplicative or backs up existing evidence about Cohen’s well-known federal conviction.

From Seattle Times

Nasue Nishida, of the Washington Education Association, said the way the initiative was written was “vague, confusing and duplicative.”

From Seattle Times