unnecessary
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1.6
- adjective
- /ʌnˈnɛsəˌsɛri/
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innecesario
- Many people find that the extra features on their phones are unnecessary and rarely used.
- avoid unnecessary risks
- make unnecessary
- deem unnecessary
It's so silly, it's so unnecessary and that's it.
- It's so silly, it's so unnecessary and that's it.
- But you're also putting this unnecessary burden on you.
- And so it's not so much what's unnecessary, it's what's necessary.
- Secret number one is ditch unnecessary prerequisites.
- And So what it led to was unnecessary chaos in the market.
- But the thing that's most unnecessary is probably this umbrella.
- Just get people to not be living life under an unnecessary stress response.
- This really is a completely unnecessary detail.
- There wasn't a lot of unnecessary points that she made.
- The police's show of force is unnecessary, compensatory.
- And it's just so fucking sad and unnecessary, diabolical and evil.
- It's so damn annoying and unnecessary and TMI.
Examples
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Walter, look, this is an unnecessary distraction.
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The entire expense is unnecessary.
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So in fact further progress was probably unnecessary and perhaps impossible.
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Why does this completely unnecessary thing exist?
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But so many are unnecessary and so many are job killing.
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His plan made sense to me, because it meant there would be no unnecessary victims.
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Environmental problems due to energy use are unnecessary and only increase business costs.
Academic text (1999) -
Students need opportunities to make music on their own without unnecessary teacher controls.
Academic text (1999) -
The current congressional defense budget process places unnecessary burdens on the Department of Defense.
Academic text (1990) -
Given this backdrop, additional and largely unnecessary losses of popular sovereignty would be counterproductive or even dangerous.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.0
Not needed and avoidable, often causing harm or waste
49
5.1
More than needed and not useful because it repeats something
22
7.0
More than what is needed or useful
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7.5
Not related or needed and coming from outside
11
4.4
Not needed for something to work or be successful
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2.3
Not necessary or useful in a situation
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5.3
Not needed for a particular purpose or situation
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5.0
Not needed for the main purpose
More than needed and no longer useful
Not necessary for the main part of a plan, idea, or system
Antonyms
How Unnecessary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unnecessary is made of un- ('not') and necessary ('needed'). So it literally means 'not needed' or more than is required, which is why an unnecessary expense is something you could avoid.