Synonyms for unnecessarily
-ˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈnɛs əˌsɛr-un·nec·es·sar·i·ly

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1. unnecessarilyadverb

   Antonyms:
   necessarily

2. unnecessarilyadverb

   Antonyms:
   necessarily

3. unnecessarilyadverb

   He unnecessarily repeated too much of what others had covered.

   Antonyms:
   necessarily

4. unnecessarilyadverb

   The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an Oxfam event.

   Antonyms:
   necessarily

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1. unnecessarilyadverb

   in an unnecessary manner

   "they were unnecessarily rude"

   Antonyms:
   necessarily, needfully

2. unnecessarilyadverb

   without any necessity

   "this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily"

   Antonyms:
   needfully, necessarily

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1. like water

   to spend money like water

   jack has spent his whole project budget like water

   Submitted by rinat on October 2, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "unnecessarily":

   needlessly, unduly, pointlessly, uselessly, futilely, recklessly

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1. Peter Marks:

   It's fair for people to raise questions. But this really is the best consensus that we have among the experts that this is the best way to go. ... It's just painful to see people dying unnecessarily when there's a free treatment that would prevent their death, i will be at the front of the line at the pharmacy getting my vaccination.

2. Lea Michele:

   Whether it was my privileged position and perspective that caused me to be perceived as insensitive or inappropriate at times or whether it was just my immaturity and me just being unnecessarily difficult, I apologize for my behavior and for any pain which I have caused, we all can grow and change and I have definitely used these past several months to reflect on my own shortcomings.

3. Barack Obama:

   My message to Congress is pass a budget, prevent a shutdown, don't wait till the last minute, don't worry our businesses or our workers by contributing unnecessarily to global uncertainty, eventually we're going to do it anyway, so let's just do it without too much drama.

4. Lewis Grove:

   Our organization really wants to focus on how we go through this transition and deliberately do it in a way that does not unnecessarily impact bird populations, wind turbines — they're big and they move and they're up in the sky, obviously.

5. Joerg Kuhbier:

   Should the access to networks become a bottleneck again, then cuts to production costs, which is the aim of introducing more competition, would be unnecessarily hindered.