needless
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3.0
- adjective
- /ˈnidləs/
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innecesario
- Cutting out needless steps in the process can improve efficiency.
- needless to say
I couldn't bear hearing about senseless gun violence and needless loss of life.
- I couldn't bear hearing about senseless gun violence and needless loss of life.
- The world shutdown will endure until we see it for the needless cruelty it is.
- I was, Needless to say, horrified.
- But Needless to say, we don't actually recommend doing that.
- So Needless to say, things are kind of escalating in this conflict.
- And so with the war going on, imports of German products ceased, Needless to say.
- So Needless to say, don't stick your arm in there, it will be cut off.
- Anyway, it was Needless to say it was a wild week.
Examples
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Basketball players, Needless to say, are tall and thin.
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And well, needless to say, you were amazing.
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Well, Needless to say, I am glad I asked.
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The next president, needless to say, cannot lead unless he has a vision of where to go.
Academic text (1992) -
And Needless to say, that was very devastating information for me to have to receive.
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Yeah, Needless to say, he met some fierce resistance.
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Needless to say, you will be doing your share of the cleaning.
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Needless to say, I'm shocked.
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We're up 18 percent over last year's third quarter gross and, needless to say, that's a new record.
Fiction book (1994) -
It always ends in needless tragedy.
Synonyms
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1.6
More than is needed or wanted
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7.7
Not needed and done for no good reason
22
7.0
More than what is needed or useful
7
2.3
Not necessary or useful in a situation
1
5.1
Not needed and not right in the situation
Antonyms
How Necessary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Needless is simply need + -less, where need means 'something necessary' and -less means 'without'. So needless literally means 'without need' and is used for things that are not necessary.