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unnecessary
unnecessary
adjective
Definition of UNNECESSARY
not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end <that large suitcase is unnecessary—we are only going to be away for a couple of days>
Synonyms dispensable, gratuitous, inessential, needless, nonessential, uncalled-for, unessential, unwarranted
Related Words discretionary, elective, optional; extra, extraneous, irrelative, irrelevant, redundant, superfluous
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