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That cannot be avoided; inevitable
necessary (related)
Logically inevitable:
Necessary to continued existence or effectiveness:
The definition of obligatory is necessary, required or expected as a result of law or social custom.
Required by fashion; fashionable
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
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important (related)
The definition of important is having great significance or consequence.
indespensible (related)
nonessential (antonym)
Being a substance that is required for normal functioning but does not need to be included in the diet because of the body's ability to synthesize it from other nutrients:
indispensible (related)
invaluable (related)
indespensable (related)
Of main importance; principal; chief
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The definition of imperative is something that has authority or is absolutely necessary.
Necessary for completeness; essential
essential (related)
(Biochemistry) Being a substance that is required for normal functioning but cannot be synthesized by the body and therefore must be included in the diet:
Something that must be gained in order to gain something else
Requisite is something that is necessary or required to achieve some goal or do some task.
Without which not. Something that is indispensable and upon which something else relies.
superfluous (antonym)
Being more than is needed, useful, or wanted; surplus; excessive
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dispensable (antonym)
That can be dispensed with; not important
Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis:
Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
The definition of needful is something that is required.
Essential quality, fact, or thing
The characteristic of being indispensable.
unnecessary (antonym)
Not needed or necessary.
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redundant (antonym)
The definition of redundant is more than enough or too much of something.
needless (antonym)
Not needed; unnecessary.
Needed; essential:
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