unneeded
adjective
un·need·ed
ˌən-ˈnē-dəd 
: not required or necessary : not needed
unneeded assistance
an unneeded extra cable
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These segments added a weird horror element that’s ultimately unneeded in the narrative.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 June 2025
Hundreds of unneeded hallway lockers hide behind decorative paper and student posters of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and former first lady Michelle Obama, whose father attended in the 1950s.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
Consequently, designers are spending money and power on unneeded features.
—Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Wells Fargo was the subject of a Times investigation in 2013 that revealed a pressure-cooker culture at the bank where employees opened unneeded accounts for customers, ordered credit cards without their permission and forged signatures on paperwork.
—Md Fazlur Rahman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 June 2025
Hundreds of unneeded hallway lockers hide behind decorative paper and student posters of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and former first lady Michelle Obama, whose father attended in the 1950s.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
Consequently, designers are spending money and power on unneeded features.
—Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Wells Fargo was the subject of a Times investigation in 2013 that revealed a pressure-cooker culture at the bank where employees opened unneeded accounts for customers, ordered credit cards without their permission and forged signatures on paperwork.
—Md Fazlur Rahman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
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“Unneeded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unneeded. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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