unneeded

adjective

un·​need·​ed ˌən-ˈnē-dəd 

: not required or necessary : not needed

unneeded assistance

an unneeded extra cable

Examples of unneeded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the July meeting, Economic Development Director Christina Bibler told the council that the state Housing and Community Development agency refused to grant any waiver to the Surplus Land Act, which requires unneeded public property be prioritized for affordable housing. —Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025

This entails the messy but necessary work of (finally) consolidating and rationalizing your tech portfolio to weed out duplicative or unneeded systems and applications. —Forrester, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

The tips included turning on Adaptive Charging, turning off unneeded features, and keeping the phone away from extreme temperatures. —Molly McLaughlin, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2025

This is not because Europe is unimportant to the United States but because many U.S. forces in Europe are unneeded given the current threat level and becoming redundant as Europe’s military might grows. —Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unneeded

• acceded
• conceded
• exceeded
• impeded
• preceded
• proceeded
• receded
• seceded
• stampeded
• succeeded
• unheeded
• beaded