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Needless

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not needed or wished for; unnecessary.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Not needed; unnecessary.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having no need.

adj. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite

adj. Without sufficient cause; groundless; causeless.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having no need; not in want of anything.

Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite: as, needless labor; needless expense.

Needlessly; without cause.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. unnecessary and unwarranted

Word Usage

"Accordingly he repaired to the Hotel de Ville, and gave to the Municipal Council so distinct an account of his measures, and of his reason for taking them, that, though Danton and some of his more factious colleagues reproached him for exhibiting what they called a needless distrust of the people, the majority of the Council approved of his conduct, and dismissed him to return to his duties."

Equivalent

unnecessary unneeded

Form

needless to say

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unnecessary groundless causeless

Verb Stem

needle

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unnecessary undue superfluous senseless useless