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Entry Word:: unnecessary
Function:: adjective

Text: not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end<a hair dryer was an unnecessary item on a trip to the desert>Synonymsdispensable, gratuitous, needless, nonessential, uncalled-for, unessential, unwarrantedRelated Wordsdiscretionary, elective, optional; extra, extraneous, irrelevant, redundant, superfluousNear Antonymsall-important, crucial, important, vital; imperative, pressing, urgentAntonymsessential, indispensable, necessary, needed, needful, required

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