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Another word for unnecessary

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Adjective

  1. Not necessary

    See also:

    necessary

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Another word for unnecessary

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Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • Again with the unnecessary explanations.

  • 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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