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Synonyms for unnecessary
ʌnˈnɛs əˌsɛr iun·nec·es·sa·ry
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Wiktionary
unnecessaryadjective
Not needed or necessary.
The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary.
Synonyms:
unneeded, superfluous, needless, innecessaryunnecessaryadjective
Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.
Synonyms:
additional, innecessary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
unnecessary
Synonyms:
casual, contingent, needless, non-essential, optional, useless, worthlessAntonyms:
essential, indispensable, inevitable, infallible, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, unavoidable, undeniable
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
unnecessary
Synonyms:
uncalled for, useless, needless
Princeton's WordNet
unnecessary, unneededadjective
not necessary
Synonyms:
unneededAntonyms:
required, obligatory, incumbent, necessary, essential, needed, requisite, needful, indispensable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unnecessaryadjective
Synonyms:
needless, useless, not requisite, not needed
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unnecessaryadjective
Synonyms:
superfluous, useless, needless, uncalled for, expletive, redundant, supernumerary
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unnecessary":
superfluous, needless, useless, pointless, unneeded, undue, redundant, futile, unwarranted, non-essential, worthless, unhelpful, wasteful, avoidable, meaningless, necessary, vain, unjustified
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #585 | additional | |
| #1105 | necessary | |
| #1984 | optional | |
| #4833 | casual | |
| #9462 | unnecessary | |
| #10226 | useless | |
| #12423 | redundant | |
| #13558 | contingent | |
| #15690 | vain | |
| #17350 | needless | |
| #18270 | pointless | |
| #19887 | meaningless | |
| #20769 | worthless | |
| #21803 | undue | |
| #24369 | unhelpful | |
| #26975 | futile | |
| #35699 | superfluous | |
| #37717 | unwarranted | |
| #38056 | wasteful | |
| #40761 | unjustified | |
| #46112 | unneeded | |
| #49411 | avoidable |
How to use unnecessary in a sentence?
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
It doesn't feel like the government shutdown fight, something that was kind of colossally stupid and public and unnecessary, it feels like the debate over creating the Benghazi Select Committee.
When youre asking for global systems change and genuine commitments, even people who are pro-womens rights will question whether or not its needed, will say its unnecessary and this is something the tobacco and land mines and disabilities treaties faced.
Senate Democrats have let down our troops, our children, and all Americans. All of this is just unnecessary. Senate Democrats is reckless. Senate Democrats have brought us to a shutdown.
Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf:
We have built reserves, cut public debt to near-zero levels and we are now working on cutting unnecessary expenses while focusing on main development projects and on building human resources in the kingdom, there are some projects like the ones that have been approved a few years ago and haven't been carried out until now - that means such projects are not currently necessary and can be delayed.
Translations for unnecessary
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- غير ضروريArabic
- innecessariCatalan, Valencian
- nepotřebnýCzech
- unødvendigDanish
- unnötig, nicht notwendigGerman
- περιττόςGreek
- nenecesaEsperanto
- innecesarioSpanish
- liigneEstonian
- tarpeeton, turhaFinnish
- inutileFrench
- szükségtelenHungarian
- ավելորդ, անպետքArmenian
- inutileItalian
- 不必要Japanese
- 불필요한Korean
- superforāneusLatin
- onnodigDutch
- unødvendigNorwegian
- zbędny, niepotrzebnyPolish
- desnecessárioPortuguese
- nenecesar, netrebuibil, inutilRomanian
- ненужныйRussian
- onödigSwedish
- lüzumsuz, gereksiz, boş yereTurkish
- ומנייטיקYiddish
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