unnecessary

UK /ʌnˈnɛs.ə.s(ə)ɹɪ/ US /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/

adj 2

Definitions

adj

Not needed or necessary.

The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary.

Every possible economy was carefully investigated and unnecessary expense, however small, eliminated. The company had no money to spare on "frills."

Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

appear, be, prove, seem

become

make sth, render sth

consider sth, deem sth, regard sth as

ADV

completely, entirely, quite, totally, wholly

I felt the extra security measures were completely unnecessary for such a small event.

largely

a little, rather, somewhat

strictly

PREP

Buying expensive designer clothes felt unnecessary to her after she lost her job.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — not necessary

unneeded

Antonyms

necessary

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary.

Wiktionary

Every possible economy was carefully investigated and unnecessary expense, however small, eliminated. The company had no money to spare on "frills."

Wiktionary

Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But K

Wiktionary

If two men always have the same opinion, one of them is unnecessary.

Tatoeba · #1872

The student decided to abridge his paper by taking out unnecessary details.

Tatoeba · #1925

They discarded unnecessary things.

Tatoeba · #307485

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