Not necessary

• unrequired

  1. Not required.

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  1. Not required.

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• unneeded

  1. Not needed.

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  1. Not needed.

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• unnecessary

  1. Not necessary; needless.

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  1. Not necessary; needless.

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• unessential

  1. Not necessary or important; dispensable.
  2. One that is unnecessary.

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  1. Not necessary or important; dispensable.
  2. One that is unnecessary.

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• nonessential

  1. Having little or no importance; not essential.
  2. 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:

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  1. Having little or no importance; not essential.
  2. 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:

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• needless

  1. Not needed or wished for; unnecessary.

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  1. Not needed or wished for; unnecessary.

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• inessential

  1. Not essential; unessential.
  2. Without essence.
  3. Something that is not essential.

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  1. Not essential; unessential.
  2. Without essence.
  3. Something that is not essential.

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• dispensable

  1. Not essential; unimportant:
  2. Capable of being dispensed, administered, or distributed:
  3. Subject to dispensation, as a vow or church law.

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  1. Not essential; unimportant:
  2. Capable of being dispensed, administered, or distributed:
  3. Subject to dispensation, as a vow or church law.

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Not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case

• wanton

  1. Lascivious or promiscuous. Used especially of women.
  2. Exciting or expressing sexual desire:
  3. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust:

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  1. Lascivious or promiscuous. Used especially of women.
  2. Exciting or expressing sexual desire:
  3. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust:

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• supererogatory

  1. Performed or observed beyond the required or expected degree.
  2. Superfluous; unnecessary:

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  1. Performed or observed beyond the required or expected degree.
  2. Superfluous; unnecessary:

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• supererogative

  1. supererogatory
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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  1. supererogatory
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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• gratuitous

  1. Given or granted without return or recompense; unearned.
  2. Given or received without cost or obligation; free.
  3. Unnecessary or unwarranted; unjustified:

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  1. Given or granted without return or recompense; unearned.
  2. Given or received without cost or obligation; free.
  3. Unnecessary or unwarranted; unjustified:

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