Examples of needless in a Sentence
needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
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Chess bogs its narrator down with needless exposition and jokes more deserving of an eye roll than a laugh.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Nov. 2025
Fennell did not listen, needless to say.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Times are too troubling because of endless, needless turmoil.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
There have been literally, payments to the administration, that some would argue are sort of needless.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Nov. 2025
Fennell did not listen, needless to say.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Times are too troubling because of endless, needless turmoil.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
There have been literally, payments to the administration, that some would argue are sort of needless.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Needless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/needless. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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