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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Planned Parenthood sued to block the law, calling it medically unnecessary.
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The commemorative -- or maybe not-so-commemorative -- spare change was called garish, weird, creepy and a Dumpster fire, and that was before it was deemed decidedly unnecessary.
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With a few medical exceptions, straws are entirely and incontrovertibly unnecessary.
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The measure has also been deemed unnecessary by the San Francisco Apartment Association, which represents the interests of landlords.
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Ranking a few years back—renders syrup completely unnecessary.
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With so many low-cost alternatives, this expense is simply unnecessary for many households.
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That difference pitted the farm lobby against the oil lobby in the battle for who would profit from the fuel additive mandated by a Clean Air Act that our automobiles’ computerization had already rendered unnecessary.
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The tragedy is how unnecessary your choices have been.
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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
\ˈən-ˌne-sə-ˈser-ə-lē\ adverbLearn More about unnecessary
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