Definition of unnecessary
: not necessary
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Examples of unnecessary in a Sentence
In this city, owning a car is unnecessary.
Let's not take any unnecessary risks.
Recent Examples of unnecessary from the Web
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Hatch joins other top Senate Republicans who have also argued it would be ill advised and cataclysmic for Trump's presidency to fire Mueller, but believe that legislation to protect Mueller is unnecessary.
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The panel, which Mayor Catherine Pugh has said is unnecessary, would examine revelations from the recent trial of two city police officers who served on the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force.
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The warning seemed unnecessary for anyone who'd seen Bill Maher's HBO show, or witnessed his previous defense of the free speech rights of some of the nation's most vitriolic, controversial voices - but Maher made it anyway.
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CCleaner analyzes its backlog of information and lists the data that seems unnecessary.
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CCleaner analyzes its backlog of information and lists the data that seems unnecessary.
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The city's lawyers argued that a street vacation hearing was unnecessary because the land would be converted from vehicular space to pedestrian use.
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Creating a new set of illustrations for the work seems unnecessary, sort of like getting Elton John to write new music for Aida.
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All the to-do was unnecessary, though, because Saunders self-service store was a hit.
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First Known Use of unnecessary
15th century
unnecessary Synonyms
Synonyms
dispensable, gratuitous, inessential, needless, nonessential, uncalled-for, unessential, unwarranted;
Related Words
discretionary, elective, optional;
extra, extraneous, irrelative, irrelevant, redundant, superfluous;
UNNECESSARY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of unnecessary for English Language Learners
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: not needed or necessary
UNNECESSARY Defined for Kids
Definition of unnecessary for Students
: not needed
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unnecessarily
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