Unnecessary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not necessary; needless.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Not needed or necessary.
  • adj. Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless; needless.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not necessary; needless; not required by the circumstances of the case; useless: as, unnecessary labor or care; unnecessary rigor.
  • n. pl. unnecessaries (-riz). That which is unnecessary or dispensable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not necessary
  • Equivalent
    uncalled-for    needless    extra    redundant    spare    supernumerary    excess    superfluous    gratuitous    inessential   
    Antonym
    necessary   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    necessary   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    needless    useless    unexpected    considerable    excessive    futile    trivial    superfluous    unjust