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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The REDUNDANT steps were removed from the application process."

  1. essential
  2. difficult
  3. unnecessary
  4. new

Answer

C. unnecessary

Solution

REDUNDANT means "no longer needed; superfluous," so the closest in meaning is "unnecessary."

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