What is another word for unnecessary?
Synonyms for unnecessary
ʌnˈnɛs əˌsɛr iun·nec·es·sa·ry
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Wiktionary
unnecessaryadjective
Not needed or necessary.
The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary.
Synonyms:
unneeded, superfluous, needless, innecessaryunnecessaryadjective
Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.
Synonyms:
additional, innecessary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
unnecessary
Synonyms:
casual, contingent, needless, non-essential, optional, useless, worthlessAntonyms:
essential, indispensable, inevitable, infallible, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, unavoidable, undeniable
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
unnecessary
Synonyms:
uncalled for, useless, needless
Princeton's WordNet
unnecessary, unneededadjective
not necessary
Synonyms:
unneededAntonyms:
required, obligatory, incumbent, necessary, essential, needed, requisite, needful, indispensable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unnecessaryadjective
Synonyms:
needless, useless, not requisite, not needed
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unnecessaryadjective
Synonyms:
superfluous, useless, needless, uncalled for, expletive, redundant, supernumerary
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unnecessary":
superfluous, needless, useless, pointless, unneeded, undue, redundant, futile, unwarranted, non-essential, worthless, unhelpful, wasteful, avoidable, meaningless, necessary, vain, unjustified
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#585 | additional | |
#1105 | necessary | |
#1984 | optional | |
#4833 | casual | |
#9462 | unnecessary | |
#10226 | useless | |
#12423 | redundant | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#15690 | vain | |
#17350 | needless | |
#18270 | pointless | |
#19887 | meaningless | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21803 | undue | |
#24369 | unhelpful | |
#26975 | futile | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#37717 | unwarranted | |
#38056 | wasteful | |
#40761 | unjustified | |
#46112 | unneeded | |
#49411 | avoidable |
How to use unnecessary in a sentence?
Look for primary care physicians that have 24 hour-telephone triage available so that you can ask questions of a trained professional if you are not sure if you need to seek medical attention, or are best off at home with rest and fluids, by seeking medical attention, particularly at a urgent care or retail clinic, you are likely to get an unnecessary antibiotic, which may be harmful for you.
It just really trims all the unnecessary fat and allows you to focus on some of the most important things and really allows you to understand who you are, there’s nothing New Age about this – it boils down to can you just sit by yourself with yourself? And if you can’t, you should probably get pretty curious about why.
The George Washington National Forest, Monongahela National Forest and Appalachian Trail are George Washington National Forest. The Administration was far too eager to trade them away for a pipeline conceived to deliver profit to The Administration developers, not gas to consumers, this pipeline is unnecessary and asking fracked gas customers to pay developers to blast this boondoggle through our public lands only adds insult to injury.
I think the comments were unnecessary and they were low, and I just feel bad that Ahmaud's mom and dad had to sit there and listen to all of those things.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Senator Corker's legislation undermines these international negotiations and represents in unnecessary hurdle to achieving a strong, final agreement, in the weeks ahead, we must give this diplomatic framework room to succeed so that we can judge a June 30th agreement on its merits.
Translations for unnecessary
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- غير ضروريArabic
- innecessariCatalan, Valencian
- nepotřebnýCzech
- unødvendigDanish
- unnötig, nicht notwendigGerman
- περιττόςGreek
- nenecesaEsperanto
- innecesarioSpanish
- liigneEstonian
- tarpeeton, turhaFinnish
- inutileFrench
- szükségtelenHungarian
- ավելորդ, անպետքArmenian
- inutileItalian
- 不必要Japanese
- 불필요한Korean
- superforāneusLatin
- onnodigDutch
- unødvendigNorwegian
- zbędny, niepotrzebnyPolish
- desnecessárioPortuguese
- nenecesar, netrebuibil, inutilRomanian
- ненужныйRussian
- onödigSwedish
- lüzumsuz, gereksiz, boş yereTurkish
- ומנייטיקYiddish
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