unneeded

Examples

• All

• Use inputs more efficiently, eliminate the need for hazardous, hard-to-handle materials, and eliminate unneeded activities.

  Academic text (1997)

• Unfortunately, Mike Griffin decided that building new, unneeded, and unaffordable launch vehicles was a higher priority.

  Blog text (34)

• Government does so much for so many that anyone can find something that seems wrong or unneeded.

  Academic text (1993)

• No ranger came out to flag him down for a chat or to offer unneeded advice.

  Fiction book (1997)

• We walk around feeling that we don't fit in or that we're unwanted or we're unneeded and we're not valued.

  André Duqum

• Another component of the DoD budget reduction program involved the closure of unneeded military bases.

  Academic text (1993)

• Our nation's public educators have been accused of wasting millions of dollars due to unneeded bureaucracy and poor management.

  Academic text (1990)

• Ms. Marsch modified her instruction; she removed unneeded bars from the xylophone so that only the correct bars were available.

  Academic text (2006)

• It's essential to recycle unneeded paper to reduce waste and help the environment.

• Make sure to delete unneeded files from your computer to free up space.

Synonyms

U

unnecessary

vsunneeded

300 1.6

More than is needed or wanted

is the simple general idea of lacking need or usefulness

P

pointless

vsunneeded

157 3.5

Not doing anything useful

covers lack of need but may allow items that still serve some purpose

N

needless

vsunneeded

112 3.0

Not needed and avoidable, often causing harm or waste

focuses on general lack of need rather than justification issues

R

redundant

vsunneeded

49 5.1

More than needed and not useful because it repeats something

focuses on simple absence of need rather than repetition or excess

S

superfluous

vsunneeded

22 7.0

More than what is needed or useful

is the general notion of lacking need or usefulness

E

extraneous

vsunneeded

17 7.5

Not related or needed and coming from outside

is about lack of need or usefulness regardless of relevance or origin

D

dispensable

vsunneeded

4 6.1

Not needed and can be left out without harm

speaks to lack of need without implying safe removal

I

inessential

vsunneeded

1 5.3

Not needed for a particular purpose or situation

is the broader label for anything lacking need or usefulness

U

unessential

vsunneeded

1 5.0

Not needed for the main purpose

covers lack of need without stressing core versus noncore status

S

surplus to requirements

vsunneeded

6.1

More than needed and no longer useful

is the wider term for anything not needed without time implication

N

nonfundamental

vsunneeded

6.6

Not necessary for the main part of a plan, idea, or system

applies generally to anything lacking need, not only noncore parts

Antonyms

N

needed

1.0

Required for a particular purpose or to make something possible

How Unnecessary

superfluous

22 7.0

redundant

49 5.1

unnecessary

300 1.6

unneeded

7 2.3

dispensable

4 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology