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Synonyms for unnecessary
ʌnˈnɛs əˌsɛr iun·nec·es·sa·ry

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  1. unnecessaryadjective

    Not needed or necessary.

    The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary.

    Synonyms:
    unneeded, superfluous, needless, innecessary

    Antonyms:
    needed, necessary

  2. unnecessaryadjective

    Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.

    Synonyms:
    additional, innecessary

    Antonyms:
    required, mandatory

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  1. unnecessary

    Synonyms:
    uncalled for, useless, needless

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. unnecessary, unneededadjective

    not necessary

    Synonyms:
    unneeded

    Antonyms:
    required, obligatory, incumbent, necessary, essential, needed, requisite, needful, indispensable

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  1. unnecessaryadjective

    Synonyms:
    needless, useless, not requisite, not needed

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  1. unnecessaryadjective

    Synonyms:
    superfluous, useless, needless, uncalled for, expletive, redundant, supernumerary

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#1105necessary
#1984optional
#4833casual
#9462unnecessary
#10226useless
#12423redundant
#13558contingent
#15690vain
#17350needless
#18270pointless
#19887meaningless
#20769worthless
#21803undue
#24369unhelpful
#26975futile
#35699superfluous
#37717unwarranted
#38056wasteful
#40761unjustified
#46112unneeded
#49411avoidable

How to use unnecessary in a sentence?

  1. Rita Redberg:

    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.

  2. Burak Dalcik:

    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.

  3. Patrick Hunter:

    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.

  4. Larissa Ollivierre:

    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.

  5. 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.


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