Examples of needless in a Sentence
needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
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Everything worked out in the end—and wedding culture was changed forever—but needless to say, the wedding episode pulls the curtain back in spectacular fashion.
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
Brighton concede another needless free kick midway inside the Arsenal half, and after a brief debate about which player should take it, Raya eventually steps forward.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
There are, needless to say, daddy issues aplenty here — with Daddy himself out of the fray, retired to a grandly crumbling rural estate, grieving the deaths of his young daughter and devoted brother, and very gradually writing his memoirs.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Indeed, much needless effort is expended here on scene setting and bits of furniture coming and going, even though the scenes don’t need them in so symbolic a story.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
Brighton concede another needless free kick midway inside the Arsenal half, and after a brief debate about which player should take it, Raya eventually steps forward.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
There are, needless to say, daddy issues aplenty here — with Daddy himself out of the fray, retired to a grandly crumbling rural estate, grieving the deaths of his young daughter and devoted brother, and very gradually writing his memoirs.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Indeed, much needless effort is expended here on scene setting and bits of furniture coming and going, even though the scenes don’t need them in so symbolic a story.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Needless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/needless. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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