new innovation, innovation

Redundancies are words that unnecessarily repeat information. Because an innovation is the application of a new idea or the creation of a new product or service, the modifier new in the familiar expression new innovation is redundant.

  • The Dow Jones Sustainability Index is an innovation (not new innovation) in the stock market.

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