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Another word for unnecessary

unnecessary Synonyms

unnecessary

modif.

needless, causeless, fortuitous, casual, chance, haphazard, wanton, accidental, unessential, nonessential, beside the point, irrelevant, futile, extraneous, additional, redundant, useless, exorbitant, superfluous, worthless, undesirable, optional, avoidable, objectionable, disadvantageous, noncompulsory, random, dispensable, adventitious, without compulsion, uncalled for, pleonastic, gratuitous.

Antonyms necessary*, essential, required.

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Another word for unnecessary

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Not necessary:

dispensable, inessential, needless, nonessential, uncalled-for, unessential, unneeded, unrequired. See necessary

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Again with the unnecessary explanations.
In fact, at the party he had spent an unnecessary amount of time with the woman he almost married – and hadn't even introduced her.
You will find sleeping to be an unnecessary luxury as well.
Causing unnecessary damage to the life and property of noncombatants.
"You forget that stairs are unnecessary," observed the Wizard.

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