Synonyms for needless
ˈnid lɪsneed·less

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1. needless

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

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

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1. needless

   Synonyms:
   unnecessary, useless, superfluous, gratuitous

   Antonyms:
   needful, useful, helpful, obligatory

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1. gratuitous, needless, uncalled-foradjective

   unnecessary and unwarranted

   "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

   Synonyms:
   complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), uncalled-for, gratuitous

   Antonyms:
   necessary

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1. needlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   unnecessary, useless, not requisite, not needed

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1. needlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   unnecessary, groundless, unfounded

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1. List of paraphrases for "needless":

   unnecessary, strike, useless, pointless, superfluous, futile

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1. George Wither:

   I wonder how so insupportable a thing as a bookseller was ever permitted to grow up in the Commonwealth. Many of our modern booksellers are but needless excrements, or rather vermin.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   While our campaign has won the ideological debate, we are losing the debate over electability. I can not tell you how many people our campaign has spoke to and said, and I quote,' I like what your campaign stands for, I agree with what your campaign stands for, but I'm going to vote for Joe Biden because I think Joe Biden is the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump,' we have heard that statement all over this country. Needless to say, I strongly disagree with that assertion, but that is what millions of Democrats and independents today believe.

3. Andrew Cuomo:

   We must also end the needless and unjust criminal convictions and the debilitating criminal stigma.

4. Mike Pompeo:

   We anticipate many more sanctions and we will not stop until Assad and his regime stop their needless, brutal war against the Syrian people and the Syrian government agrees to a political solution to the conflict.

5. Emily Sarah:

   Needless to say, Fernet's herby freshness was a pleasant surprise and lacked the negative associations with the unpleasant consequences of sweet drinks.