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[syn: unnecessary, unneeded]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unnecessary \Un*nec"es*sa*ry\, a.
Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless;
needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor. --
Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ly, adv. -- Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unnecessary
adj 1: not necessary [syn: unnecessary, unneeded] [ant:
necessary]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "unnecessary":
de trop, dispensable, disposable, excess, expendable, expletive,
gratuitous, in excess, inessential, needless, nonessential,
pleonastic, prolix, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous,
surplus, tautologic, tautologous, to spare, uncalled-for,
unessential, unneeded, unrequired, unwanted, verbose