Examples of needless in a Sentence
needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
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So, needless to say, this is our biggest and most ambitious season yet.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 23 Nov. 2025
Red Army officer Igor Draganov (Stephen Lang) is released from a Siberian prison — where he’s being held for committing innumerable needless wartime atrocities — by a KBG bigwig (Richard Brake) to ensure Aatami never sees Finnish soil again.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
An intact forest could have spared hundreds or even thousands from needless suffering.
—JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
Chess bogs its narrator down with needless exposition and jokes more deserving of an eye roll than a laugh.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Nov. 2025
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 23 Nov. 2025
Red Army officer Igor Draganov (Stephen Lang) is released from a Siberian prison — where he’s being held for committing innumerable needless wartime atrocities — by a KBG bigwig (Richard Brake) to ensure Aatami never sees Finnish soil again.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
An intact forest could have spared hundreds or even thousands from needless suffering.
—JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
Chess bogs its narrator down with needless exposition and jokes more deserving of an eye roll than a laugh.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for needless
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“Needless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/needless. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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