unnecessary

[ uhn-nes-uh-ser-ee ]

/ ʌnˈnɛs əˌsɛr i /

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adjective

not necessary or essential; needless; unessential.

noun, plural un·nec·es·sar·ies.

unnecessaries, things that are not necessary or essential.

Origin of unnecessary

First recorded in 1540–50; un-¹ + necessary

OTHER WORDS FROM unnecessary

un·nec·es·sar·i·ly

[uhn-nes-uh-sair-uh-lee, -nes-uh-ser-] /ʌnˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈnɛs əˌsɛr-/, adverb un·nec·es·sar·i·ness, noun

Words nearby unnecessary

unmyelinated, unmyelinated fiber, unnail, unnamed, unnatural, unnecessary, unnerve, unnilennium, unnilhexium, unniloctium, unnilpentium

Example sentences from the Web for unnecessary

Sure, doctors may have said this was unnecessary, but who are you going to believe: Doctors or George Will?

George Will, Fox News, and the Beginning of an Ebola Conspiracy |Russell Saunders |October 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The U.K. alone is now treating 300 women and girls each month for the aftereffects of the brutal, unnecessary surgery.

The West’s Female-Genital Mutilation Wake-Up Call |Charlotte Lytton |October 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For these people, unnecessary police violence is an all too frequent reality.

Police Brutality's Hidden Victims: The Disabled |Elizabeth Heideman |September 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This is an important and complex topic, but to some, it seems like an unnecessary question.

Girls Love Science. We Tell Them Not To. |Tauriq Moosa |July 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Americans have cried for decades that our federal government is bloated, that there are too many duplicative and unnecessary laws.

Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff On Congressional Travel Disclosure |Jack Abramoff |July 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Any unnecessary work or any recreation which hinders us from hearing and profiting by God's Word is sinful.

An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism |Joseph Stump
The cost of building churches and supporting ministers would thus have been unnecessary, but God does not do things in that way.

With the Children on Sunday |Sylvanus Stall
I could have done with fewer deeds of unnecessary kindness and more words of unguarded intimacy.

Witching Hill |E. W. Hornung
It is unnecessary to say how welcome the proposition was to me.

Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth |George Brandes
Very much may be said on this subject, but I hope, more at present is unnecessary.

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies |John Dickinson

British Dictionary definitions for unnecessary

unnecessary

/ (ʌnˈnɛsɪsərɪ, -ɪsrɪ) /

adjective

not necessary

Derived forms of unnecessary

unnecessarily, adverb unnecessariness, noun

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unnecessary

adjective

noun, plural un·nec·es·sar·ies.

Origin of unnecessary

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adjective

Derived forms of unnecessary

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unnecessary

adjective

noun, plural un·nec·es·sar·ies.

Origin of unnecessary

OTHER WORDS FROM unnecessary

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