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. Julia Stasch:

   For too long America has incarcerated too many people unnecessarily, spending too much money without improving public safety.

2. Mohammad Zubair:

   Government after government has talked about finally taking care of this (PIA) problem and now we are doing it. This shows our political will, let's not make this process unnecessarily controversial.

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. Andy Leather:

   In the absence of surgical care, common, easily treatable illnesses become fatal, the global community can not continue to ignore this problem – millions of people are already dying unnecessarily, and the need... is projected to increase in the coming decades.

5. William H. Borah:

   The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.