Antonyms 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.

   Antonyms:
   needed, necessary

   Synonyms:
   unneeded, superfluous, needless, innecessary

2. unnecessaryadjective

   Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.

   Synonyms:
   additional, innecessary

   Antonyms:
   required, mandatory

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1. unnecessary

   Antonyms:
   essential, indispensable, inevitable, infallible, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, unavoidable, undeniable

   Synonyms:
   casual, contingent, needless, non-essential, optional, useless, worthless

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1. unnecessary

   Synonyms:
   uncalled for, useless, needless

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:2.0 / 1 vote

1. unnecessary, unneededadjective

   not necessary

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

   Synonyms:
   unneeded

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1. unnecessaryadjective

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

How to use unnecessary in a sentence?

1. Luke Cooper:

   We talked to some investors who we felt were going to take us down a path of extra diligence and unnecessary labor.

2. Khalfani Lulimi:

   We saw that this agreement would help a lot to ease unnecessary tension during the dry season.

3. Julius K. Nyerere:

   Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.

4. Chad Wolf:

   These billboards are important because we can no longer stand idly by while the public is being misled about the role ICE plays in keeping the public safe, the Trump campaign would be entirely unnecessary if local leaders would do their jobs and protect their communities by partnering with federal law enforcement.

5. Carl Reiner:

   A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.

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