needless

[ need-lis ]

/ ˈnid lɪs /

unnecessary; not needed or wanted: a needless waste of food.

Origin of needless

First recorded in 1175–1225, needless is from the Middle English word nedles. See need, -less

need·less·ly, adverb need·less·ness, noun

Then came the strengthening text setting forth God's love for a lost world and the needlessness of perishing.

The Lumberjack Sky Pilot |Thomas D. Whittles
I told the doctor all about the preliminary verbal skirmish and the needlessness of the fight.

A Mind That Found Itself |Clifford Whittingham Beers
It was almost farcical in its needlessness, and poor Dorothy's part in it of the slightest import.

Dorothy at Skyrie |Evelyn Raymond
As to the needlessness of the movements of troops I am a better judge than the newspaper reporters who write about it.

Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 |Ulysses S. Grant

Because we had such an example of the safety of the place and the needlessness of the task?

Patience Wins |George Manville Fenn

needless

/ (ˈniːdlɪs) /

not required or desired; unnecessary

needlessly, adverb needlessness, noun