Examples of unnecessary in a Sentence
In this city, owning a car is unnecessary.
Let's not take any unnecessary risks.
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Restructuring your team to bring him in now could cause unnecessary hits or weaken your squad balance.
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Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Delete unnecessary apps from your phone - Most apps collect personal details such as your name, email and location, which could be hacked.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025
To nod to a famous song that, like Miyake’s filmmaking, suggests enjoying the silence where possible, sometimes words are very unnecessary.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2025
Yet a challenge is whether the British version will be able to sustain such outlandish arguments and unnecessary high-stakes situations that has made the original franchise so loved.
—Scott Bryan, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
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Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Delete unnecessary apps from your phone - Most apps collect personal details such as your name, email and location, which could be hacked.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025
To nod to a famous song that, like Miyake’s filmmaking, suggests enjoying the silence where possible, sometimes words are very unnecessary.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2025
Yet a challenge is whether the British version will be able to sustain such outlandish arguments and unnecessary high-stakes situations that has made the original franchise so loved.
—Scott Bryan, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Unnecessary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnecessary. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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unnecessary
adjective
un·nec·es·sary
ˌən-ˈnes-ə-ˌser-ē 
ˈən-
: not necessary
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